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Bias in journalism: learning to live with it

In times of conflict, bias in journalism is a way to dismiss news and views that people disagree with. Here’s a different way to think about things.

Once, a journalist’s contact book was a precious asset. Of all the lost journalism tools, it’s one I miss, because of what it symbolised.

I am an organised person, but my desk is not the clear and minimal space you might expect. Here’s why I love the clutter in my home office…

In a sea of confusing information, journalism is one way of sifting truth from nonsense. How do journalists do that?

Court reporting and general reporting: An updated version of my basic guide to “legals” in South African journalism.

Journalists think they can be trusted. Everyone else… not so sure. Thoughts on dealing with the flood of information in which we all live.

A documentary about a radical experiment with democracy in a village in Mexico got me musing about corruption and journalism.