Media professionals are not fans
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:37 am
It is human to feel honored in the company of many celebrities. But when journalists throw their principles overboard, become fans and lack journalistic distance - as was observed in isolated cases on the opening night of the Zurich Film Festival - that sends the wrong signal. It contradicts professional ethics.
Sports journalism is even more susceptible to america rcs data fandom than the people sector. Of course, many sports journalists keep their distance from the other person. But there are also some who have trouble with this - for example, when they take a selfie with an athlete and then share it on their personal social media channel. Or when journalists identify with the belief of many sports officials that they are "in the same boat".
Just as irritating as the fandom of some media professionals is the idea of journalists that journalistic distance cannot be maintained if one is on first-name terms with the person they are speaking to. That is nonsense. Media professionals who are truly committed to independence manage to maintain distance from the person they are interviewing when writing down an interview.
Sports journalism is even more susceptible to america rcs data fandom than the people sector. Of course, many sports journalists keep their distance from the other person. But there are also some who have trouble with this - for example, when they take a selfie with an athlete and then share it on their personal social media channel. Or when journalists identify with the belief of many sports officials that they are "in the same boat".
Just as irritating as the fandom of some media professionals is the idea of journalists that journalistic distance cannot be maintained if one is on first-name terms with the person they are speaking to. That is nonsense. Media professionals who are truly committed to independence manage to maintain distance from the person they are interviewing when writing down an interview.