The Puzzle of Objectivity
Objectivity and narrative in law and journalism
Objectivity is a key concept in the professional armory of both lawyers and journalists. But it is one that is also problematised in both professions.
Objectivity a case study: gay surrogacy
Lee Mathews and his son Alexander, who was born to a surrogate mother, became media darlings after Mathews told his story to Melbourne gay newspaper, Melbourne Star Observer
Resources and Links: Objectivity
The Poliak Lecture given at Columbia University, America October 2004 by Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC World Service and Global News Division
In Defence of a Supposedly Outdated Notion: The Range of Application of Journalistic Objectivity
Gilles Gauthier from the Université Laval argues that the end of objectivity in journalism would spell the end of journalism itself. His paper explicitly advocates maintaining objectivity in journalism, but its defence must necessarily be based on a clear and precise definition of the concept. In other words, to defend objectivity in journalism, he believe it is necessary to provide what is lacking in the arguments of its detractors: a satisfactory definition.
CJR's Brent Cunningham argues that the principle of objectivity can make us passive recipients of news, rather than aggressive analyzers and explainers of it.
The End of Objectivity (Version 0.91)
Dan Gilmour argues that maybe it's time to say a fond farewell to an old canon of journalism: objectivity. But it will never be time to kiss off the values and principles that undergird the idea.
The Richard Alston ABC Bias Debate
A collection of links on the former minister for communications complaints against the ABC
