Re: “Why Trust a Reporter?”1 Good journalists are after a story that fits the facts they can garner through their investigations. And they don’t think that everyone out there owes them information or a living. If you don’t want to reveal information, you say so, and the journalist who knows his/her place in the scheme of the things will take that for what it is. Plus, in most cases, there are other places to get that information from.
Journalists are the interface between the scientist and the broader public. That’s the reader they write for. I guess, in the end, it depends on for what [and whom] scientists think they are working which influences whether they believe the information should get out there.
Brian Robinson
Freelance journalist
Portland, OR
brian@hullite.com
There is a multiplicity of reasons why one should not automatically trust reporters—or at least understand that their role is ...
