Dan Kennedy
Walter Lippmann defined objectivity as the fair-minded pursuit of the truth, but all too often it has degenerated into false equivalence. Tara Henley tries to have it both ways.
Newspapers are still our most reliable source of local journalism. Private equity, though, is squeezing the life out of newsrooms as greedy owners cash in.
If a new generation of community news organizations is to grow and thrive, then we need a renewed sense of civic engagement. And in order to foster that civic engagement, we need journalism that doesn’t just report the news but also listens and collaborates.
“Resistance is futile. But resistance seems necessary.”
Dan Kennedy could have written a book that extols the “Huffington Post,” WGBH, or Patch as the future of serious community journalism. He doesn’t, which means that he is on the side of the angels rather than the corner-cutting devils.
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