Former Boston Globe and Washington Post editor Martin “Marty” Baron reemerged in the media discourse recently, after publishing an extensive defense of the notion of journalistic objectivity. It is a ...

Objectivity and journalism — over the last century, these two words have become inextricably linked. But striving for objectivity has actually hindered us from adequately covering truth, giving ...

Objectivity has long been a foundational principle of journalism, representing an ideal in which news reports are free from personal biases, emotions, or subjective influences. However, with the rise ...

The ABC has a requirement set out in the ABC Act to “ensure that the gathering and presentation … of news and information is accurate and impartial according to the recognised standards of objective ...

How objective are you? How often are you over-reacting to situations, taking things personally, perceiving tone in e-mail or judging people unfairly? We all do this at some time or another. The ...

“Objectivity as an aspirational ideal ends up encouraging journalists to avoid addressing what matters.” Even in recent conversations about transforming journalism, objectivity as an ideal often gets ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In trying to figure out what ethics ought to ...