Group discussion w/ @risj_oxford journalist fellows on which discussions are contentious in their newsrooms around 🌍, kicking off from some US journalists feeling dominant viewpoint limits their ability to speak up
Partial list (deep breath) of issues people identify as hard...
Partial list (deep breath) of issues people identify as hard...
..including things that are hard to cover & write about such as
* Religion, esp dominant religious group or historically maligned religious groups
* Migration and refugees, esp in face of majoritarian backlash
* National security, esp in countries where military is very powerful
* Religion, esp dominant religious group or historically maligned religious groups
* Migration and refugees, esp in face of majoritarian backlash
* National security, esp in countries where military is very powerful
* Women's rights, esp in very patriarchal societies (and often patriarchal newsrooms)
* Sexuality, esp LGBT
* Tribalism, esp when interconnected with electoral politics and/or political violence
* Civil war (well yes that and the legacy it leaves is hard)
* Regionalism/separatism
* Sexuality, esp LGBT
* Tribalism, esp when interconnected with electoral politics and/or political violence
* Civil war (well yes that and the legacy it leaves is hard)
* Regionalism/separatism
* Reporting, writings that leads to charges of being "anti-national" or unpatriotic
* Politics of language in multi-lingual countries
* Natural preservation vs econ. development
* Populists that many people, but few journalists, vote for
* Proposed criminalization of marital rape
* Politics of language in multi-lingual countries
* Natural preservation vs econ. development
* Populists that many people, but few journalists, vote for
* Proposed criminalization of marital rape
In different countries these and more issues hard bcs they are (1) divisive in newsrooms and society, (2) there is consensus in some newsrooms but not in society or (3) majoritarian view in society but different dominant view in some newsrooms
Navigating all this is super tricky
Navigating all this is super tricky
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