The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity By Lewis Raven Wallace

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#MeToo. #BlackLivesMatter. #NeverAgain. #WontBeErased. Though both the right- and left-wing media claim “objectivity” in their reporting of these and other contentious issues, the American public has become increasingly cynical about truth, fact, and reality. In The View from Somewhere, Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into the history of “objectivity” in journalism and how its been used to gatekeep and silence marginalized writers as far back as Ida B. Wells. At its core, this is a book about fierce journalists who have pursued truth and transparency and sometimes been punished for it—not just by tyrannical governments but by journalistic institutions themselves. He highlights the stories of journalists who question “objectivity” with sensitivity and passion: Desmond Cole of the Toronto Star; New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse; Pulitzer Prize-winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah; Peabody-winning podcaster John Biewen; Guardian correspondent Gary Younge; former Buzzfeed reporter Meredith Talusan; and many others. Wallace also shares his own experiences as a midwestern transgender journalist and activist who was fired from his job as a national reporter for public radio for speaking out against “objectivity” in coverage of Trump and white supremacy. With insightful steps through history, Wallace stresses that journalists have never been mere passive observers—the choices they make reflect worldviews tinted by race, class, gender, and geography. He upholds the centrality of facts and the necessary discipline of verification but argues against the long-held standard of “objective” media coverage that asks journalists to claim they are without bias. Using historical and contemporary examples—from lynching in the nineteenth century to transgender issues in the twenty-first—Wallace offers a definitive critique of “objectivity” as a catchall for accurate journalism. He calls for the dismissal of this damaging mythology in order to confront the realities of institutional power, racism, and other forms of oppression and exploitation in the news industry. Now more than ever, journalism that resists extractive, exploitive, and tokenistic practices toward marginalized people isn’t just important—it is essential. Combining Wallace’s intellectual and emotional journey with the wisdom of others’ experiences, The View from Somewhere is a compelling rallying cry against journalist neutrality and for the validity of news told from distinctly subjective voices.

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I have not been a daily journalist in a long time. So why would I buy and read a book about this issue? Because it won't let you go. Wallace does a great job of communicating the pain that current and former journalists carry from struggling with the mainstream journalism convention of objectivity.Many books have been written on this issue. What sets this study apart is that it is a personal book. Wallace has a great, sad personal story of being fired unfairly by NPR for a fairly mild personal blog post. This book is also deeply informed by interviews and reading.Struggling with objectivity, an overly exalted and literally impossible stand-in for fairness, can impart a certain rigor. But journalists tie themselves in knots, more often, and must deny their own personhood and insights. And why should a mainstream but small-town newspaper standard like this apply so broadly? Some of the best journalism being published is by magazines, such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Vanity Fair. It reflects a more intellectual, informed, and broadly liberal mindset than most newspapers could achieve or aspired to.I guess a big difference is that at newspapers and broadcast stations, journalists speak in a neutral, neutered voice so as to not cost owners money by causing controversy over being or seeming to have an opinion or to seem partisan. To address the pain I began with, this leaves journalists with LESS responsibility for what they report. And they ask, in a pinch, what should a journalist do? The "writers" or "contributing editors" at magazines ask, what should a human do?

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