Mediagazer: Should news get personal? Emotion and objectivity in the face of suffering (Charlie Beckett/Polis)

1:20 PM ET, August 1, 2014

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Charlie Beckett / Polis:

Should news get personal? Emotion and objectivity in the face of suffering — Should journalists covering suffering allow their own emotions to become part of the story? — [see comments and selected tweets at the bottom of this article for reaction] — Jon Snow's heartfelt monologue …

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Mark Scott / New York Times:

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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

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Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:

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Reuters:

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