Tag: Washington Post

  • The Judgement of Len Downie

    I always thought one of the responsibilities of exercising judgment included an attempt to see the other side, or sides; to recognise your prejudices; weigh them, perhaps; and mitigate them. Self awareness was – and remains, I believe – the best remedy to journalistic (and blogging) hubris. Len Downie, Exec Editor of the Washington Post,…

  • How to argue in circles

    Writing in the FT, Pablo Eisenberg provides a great example of fuzzy thinking on journalism. And also a lesson in how to write in circles. For a decade, the print media have been the only effective mechanism for keeping non-profit organisations open and accountable. The outstanding investigative work of the Boston Globe, the Washington Post,…