Frustration over a lack of transparency has been amplified by the newsroom’s status as “the gold standard of nonprofit journalism” and a role model other outlets have been encouraged to follow.
“We ask people every day to let us in at their worst moments. To give nothing of ourselves in return sometimes feels like denying that we’re [also] people in this equation.”
A study that seemed to claim they had was treated as “bad news for journalists: the public doesn’t share our values.” The reality is a few arbitrary research design decisions put a thumb on the scale.
“Recent love letters to journalistic innovations today read like declarations of world peace in 1938. Resisting the temptation to find sure-fire redeemers of journalism is important.”
Benton, Joshua. "BuzzFeed, Bourdieu, and Samantha Bee: Here’s a collection of new research on where journalism is headed." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Sep. 2018. Web. 14 Mar. 2024.
APA
Benton, J. (2018, Sep. 6). BuzzFeed, Bourdieu, and Samantha Bee: Here’s a collection of new research on where journalism is headed. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 14, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/buzzfeed-bourdieu-and-samantha-bee-heres-a-collection-of-new-research-on-where-journalism-is-headed/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "BuzzFeed, Bourdieu, and Samantha Bee: Here’s a collection of new research on where journalism is headed." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 6, 2018. Accessed March 14, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/buzzfeed-bourdieu-and-samantha-bee-heres-a-collection-of-new-research-on-where-journalism-is-headed/.
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