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Adapting to the new ecosystem of science journalism : Not Exactly Rocket Science

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Finally, the changing ecosystem makes us consider which tools are still useful to us and which are obsolete. The inverted pyramid was a useful writing technique in the days of constrained print spaces and ruthless cutting, but becomes far less important online. The practice of always seeking quotes from experts can brighten prose but, as Vaughan Bell has said, when the writer is the expert and communicates with verve and clarity, seeking a quote is a redundant exercise in getting someone to say your words for you. Seeking 'balance' by presenting opposing quotes regardless of the actual balance of evidence is particularly inexcusable online. It provides a veneer of objectivity and allows journalists to seek refuge in the no man's land between opposite viewpoints. But, as Jay Rosen argues, in an age of free information, powerful research tools and vocal experts, false balance is eagerly and trivially exposed.

Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Magazine

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The reason we’re so resistant to anomalous information — the real reason researchers automatically assume that every unexpected result is a stupid mistake — is rooted in the way the human brain works. Over the past few decades, psychologists have dismantled the myth of objectivity. The fact is, we carefully edit our reality, searching for evidence that confirms what we already believe. Although we pretend we’re empiricists — our views dictated by nothing but the facts — we’re actually blinkered, especially when it comes to information that contradicts our theories. The problem with science, then, isn’t that most experiments fail — it’s that most failures are ignored.

On transparency, objectivity, and the near occasion of subjectivity » Nieman Journalism Lab

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Then I questioned myself: Was I objective and fair during the course of my career? I think so, although, of course, my own way of seeing the world is shaped by what has happened in my life and what I believe. I gravitated to stories that gave voice to the voiceless. Was that my bleeding heart liberal beliefs oozing in, or was that just the right thing to do? Who knows?

Why viewers like opinionated news | NewsLab

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Where Fox viewers seem to diverge most from everyone else is in their belief that any news network is unbiased—their own or the competition. They give the lowest marks for neutrality generally, ranging from 23% to 31%. However, they must think that Fox—the “fair and balanced” network—is the most evenhanded, right? Nope. They give that honor to CBS News, followed by ABC and NBC.

“Voice” Leads to More Credibility and Political Efficacy « The Changing Newsroom

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As early as 1989, scholars Newhagan and Nass were finding that television news anchors were more trusted than their newspaper counterparts, in large part because people just felt like they really knew them. This was before the cable shout-fests began, but simply being able to show a hint of personality and to be a “real person” on air led to higher credibility. What they found is that voice increases efficacy, in part because, unlike a dry, authoritative, institutional voice, it better engages your brain. It gets you thinking, actively processing the information, which in turn makes it more likely that you will not only remember this information, but feel empowered to act on it, too.

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Putting bite back in newspapers

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For several decades, the doctrine of objectivity served the public and publishers well. But down-the-middle journalism looks wimpy in the Internet era. One way newspapers can regain their competitiveness is to leverage the discipline of traditional reporting by asserting themselves more affirmatively and unambiguously than most have done for the last few generations.

Two Sides of the Same Story

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visualization tool to look at the similarities and differences between two articles published in October about head injuries and the NFL.

Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias - TIME

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Often, moderate bias is just the result of caution, but the effect is to bolster centrist political positions — not least by implying that they are not political positions at all but occupy a happy medium between the nutjobs. Meanwhile, conservatives see moderate bias as liberal, and liberals see it as conservative — letting journalists conclude that it's not bias at all. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934550,00.html#ixzz0W5L9rsSw

We Are What We Pretend to Be

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Joho the Blog | The temptation of stories

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Ryerson Review of Journalism Blog: Objectivity dead at 89

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"The impartial voice employed by many news organizations - that familiar, supposedly neutral style of newswriting - is not a fundamental principle of journalism,"

Believe in UFOs? [VIDEO]

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Joho the Blog » Transparency is the new objectivity

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Conversational Journalism: Credibility Gained or Status Lost?

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In a sense, clinging to objectivity as an achievable goal denies our humanity. That puts us in awkward situations almost daily. And don't think our audiences and communities don't recognize that. Often, they're laughing at us for it.