Journalism awards praise the work journalists produce but they’re not the only measure of appreciation. Sometimes a kind gesture from a reader brings the best acknowledgment for a job well done.
Recently I saw a movie, Shattered Glass, ostensibly about a reporter who faked his stories, but more deeply, about the power of favoritism to blind his newsroom to what he was doing. We don't talk about it, but newsrooms run on favoritism. Courage points to you for saying it out loud. Thanks, too, for bringing 40 Acres ... to our attention. Too many probably haven't heard of it, and it, too, is a courageous story that deserves attention. Then-President Johnson overturned Sherman's field order 19 less than a year after it was issued!
Thank you for your comments and yes: newsrooms run on favoritism and I have many examples of that. And for those of us who don’t spend time sucking up, it’s difficult to navigate that toxic environment when big wigs don’t value people for their work but because they are favorites.
Recently I saw a movie, Shattered Glass, ostensibly about a reporter who faked his stories, but more deeply, about the power of favoritism to blind his newsroom to what he was doing. We don't talk about it, but newsrooms run on favoritism. Courage points to you for saying it out loud. Thanks, too, for bringing 40 Acres ... to our attention. Too many probably haven't heard of it, and it, too, is a courageous story that deserves attention. Then-President Johnson overturned Sherman's field order 19 less than a year after it was issued!
Thank you for your comments and yes: newsrooms run on favoritism and I have many examples of that. And for those of us who don’t spend time sucking up, it’s difficult to navigate that toxic environment when big wigs don’t value people for their work but because they are favorites.