http://www.ojr.org/p2042/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=p2042 Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ojr.org/p2042/#comment-2786 76.175.135.39 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:33:38 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=2042#comment-2786 Great post Robert. We have enough journalists already with nothing to say. We hardly need any more. — Marc Cooper.

]]> http://www.ojr.org/p2042/#comment-2785 jane stevens Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:32:06 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=2042#comment-2785 Great post. I ran into this same criticism — “You’re an advocate!” — when encouraging journalists to add a public health approach — or solution-oriented approach — to crime reporting. My response: if I’m an advocate for less violence, isn’t the opposite being an advocate for more violence? We’re not in the business of telling communities HOW to solve their problems. Our role as journalists is to help communities solve problems by providing them the best information possible to make good personal decisions and public policy. And, if necessary, being the conscience of the community if it’s not doing anything about eliminating child trauma or racism or inequality, for example.

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