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Jane Gerster retweeted
The mystique that has helped cement the RCMP as a national symbol is also what renders it particularly, stubbornly difficult to reform—@Jane_Gerster
thewalrus.ca/can-the-rcmp-be…
"...the cult of journalistic celebrity is troubling for many reasons, not least that it can reserve outsize attention and authority to reporters who don’t always have a compelling claim to it." us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=… via @CJR
"As long as the person is alive, the book is not finished. The voice can still resound; they can still have new ideas. My books are always rewritten by life." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
"After several years of Covid learning loss, the students not only didn’t study, they didn’t seem to know how to study, Dr. Jones said." nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/ny… via @nytimes
“I have noticed that many of the students who consistently complained about the class did not use the resources we afforded to them,” wrote Mr. Benslimane, now a Ph.D. student at Harvard.
Jane Gerster retweeted
JUST IN
Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service and RCMP have just released the names of the people killed on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon on Sunday morning.
They will not be identifying the victims.
If you didn’t believe it, but you repeated it anyway — or palled around with those who did — what horror wouldn’t you espouse? Would any lies be too terrible to tell? bostonglobe.com/2022/08/17/m…
"Journalists simply can’t allow themselves to be megaphones or stenographers. They have to be dedicated truth-tellers, using clear language, plenty of context and thoughtful framing to get that truth across." washingtonpost.com/media/202…
“The city can lull you into a dream, but it is also a nightmare because the war is right there." nytimes.com/2022/08/19/world… #longreads
"Textbook local journalism. Reporters methodically tracked down the facts while tuning out the national noise." washingtonpost.com/media/202…
If so many of us feel poisoned by our products, might there be something wrong with them?
If the goal of journalism is to inform people, where is the evidence it is working?
washingtonpost.com/opinions/… via @washingtonpost
"We need dignity. This is... not something most reporters think about, in my experience. Which is odd, because it is integral to understanding why people do what they do." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
"This stripped-down morality tale, mano a manos, doesn’t leave much narrative space for other characters."
niemanlab.org/2022/06/all-th…
