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The best kind of journalism has this capacity of uniting the dignity of the generalised other with empathy for the concrete other.
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The quote describes journalism at its best as doing two things together. It treats people with the dignity owed to any member of a wider human community, while also showing empathy for each individual person and their specific circumstances. Good journalism avoids both reducing people to a category and losing sight of the person behind the general issue.
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- Reset DOC interview with Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
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“«جريدة لبنان في الوطن العربي وجريدة الوطن العربي في لبنان»”
“We have to invest in curiosity-driven research: research that comes from a simple desire to improve our understanding of the world.”
“We're talking about our reality, whatever we see when we open our window, whatever we talk to our families.”
“If we add what you know to what we know, we may end up with a fuller, better picture.”
“U nas jest inaczej – aktor to człowiek, który ma swój normalny, przeciętny los, ale może wypowiedzieć to, czego słowa owej wewnętrznej treści nigdy nie wyrażą, stając twarzą w twarz do twarzy podobnej.”
“نعتبر أنفسنا جريدة الوطن العربي في لبنان وصوت الناس”
“I try to bridge those worlds.”
“I personally have a feeling that when we do understand how the brain works it’s going to be much simpler than we currently think.”
“I cannot conceive how a man with understanding and with a sound heart, can be anything else than a good patriot and a lover of freedom.”
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