Here’s why: Objectivity is an ethos built on “shall nots” rather than the things that journalists might stand for. We shall not have insights independent of those we quote; we shall not take sides, ...

Is there such a thing as objective reporting? Which values, and whose, should inform a journalist’s writing? How do current political conditions affect the nature of coverage? What if any limits ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Objectivity hasn’t always been a cornerstone of journalism. American publishers first turned to objectivity in the early ...

“Journalists need to be overt and candid advocates for social justice, and it’s hard to do that under the constraints of objectivity,” said Ted Glasser, communications professor at Stanford, in an ...

In 2017, Lewis Raven Wallace was fired from his job in public radio for a piece he wrote on his personal blog, “Objectivity is dead, and I’m ok with it.” His employers said the piece violated their ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. As partisan activity and open hostility climbed toward their peak in Wisconsin’s recent recall election, one ...

Objectivity is critical in the workplace in order to maintain employee loyalty and to avoid ethical conflicts. Operating a company means setting personal ties aside and not focusing on the emotional ...

Since the redacted version of the Mueller Report was released, debates have raged on about whether to move on or dig deeper into the charges. The Ethics Center staff and other scholars address some of ...