http://www.nicp.co.za/2008/05/too-far-in-front-in-the-21st-century.html The tool is questions, the purpose insight Fri, 27 May 2011 13:22:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.nicp.co.za/2008/05/too-far-in-front-in-the-21st-century.html/comment-page-1#comment-3904 JAck Fri, 27 May 2011 13:22:28 +0000 http://www.nicp.co.za/?p=14#comment-3904 Reminds me of when I was a community journalist, I finished an article on a contentious local government issue and my sub editor came over and said "Your article doesn't have a conclusion, you need to tell people what this all means and who is to blame." Trouble was, I'd put all the facts in the article as clearly as I could, and it would have been arrogant and irresponsible to impose my own narrow view of accountability on that scenario. I don't think enough people realise how subjective we are. Reminds me of when I was a community journalist, I finished an article on a contentious local government issue and my sub editor came over and said “Your article doesn’t have a conclusion, you need to tell people what this all means and who is to blame.”
Trouble was, I’d put all the facts in the article as clearly as I could, and it would have been arrogant and irresponsible to impose my own narrow view of accountability on that scenario. I don’t think enough people realise how subjective we are.

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