Pull Quotes – S8E6 – Who Gets Silenced? – Part Two

Journalistic silencing in its core element is a question of platforms, resources and limitations.  

Part two of Who Gets Silenced uncovers how active diminishment of news subjects is a systemic problem that the answer to partly lies in how journalists perceive themselves. 

In conversation with Tai Huynh, editor-in-chief of The Local quarterly online magazine, the question of journalism needing to align itself as a public service as a half-measure to funding concerns is posed. 

The Local functions as a tax-exempt RJO (Registered Journalism Organization) qualified donee that provides supporters with a tax receipt. They look to progressive news readers for establishing a new template for sustainable journalism in the post-print era. 

But as their mandate zeroes in on groundbreaking coverage on unrepresented communities and investigative stories that uncover the hidden truths, AI search engine optimization seeks to undo the advancement of journalism into a self-sustaining public service. 

Canadian news publications can set the example if only in permitting online news readers to take the choice into their own hands who have an expectation that localized news can mobilize to bring out their own voices.

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“Into the Unknown” by Jonathan Grow via Retrorama APM

Pull Quotes explores how journalism works behind the scenes, from the way stories are framed to the voices that shape public understanding.

Hosted by Mark Henick and Dylan Kulcher.

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