> ‘what box does this fit into? Which existing story is this like?’. It can take even good journalists a while to snap out of that as a story evolves in a way that doesn’t fit the previous pattern. The best reporters and editors are on their guard for that and try to take each new situ as it comes.
News should be about values as well as reporting, Harry Evans probably the greatest post war editor knew this. The Sunday Times during his era was a campaigning paper and many of us bought it for that reason even if I didn’t read all of it I felt part of a movement. I don’t buy newspapers any more.
Not quite true I do subscribe to the excellent BylineTimes
Of course the decisions reporters and news editors make are also about values. What I am talking about is narratives, the stories we tell ourselves, what feels comfortable / recognisable - and how sometimes that can lead you astray. Choosing to disrupt the narrative can be a value driven decision.
Or perhaps some reporters and editors are overthinking news
Do tell me what you think news means …
I agree with much of what you’ve said but it does sound like a media studies dissertation. People need a way to understand what’s happening and that sometimes means using familiar crutches At least among UK outlets that have to compete
Am not clear how any of what you’ve said differs from what I’ve said - ?
There you go then. Alls well that ends well
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