UNC Journalism Professors Protest ‘Objectivity’ in News Reporting

UNC Journalism Professors Protest ‘Objectivity’ in News Reporting
A student studies outside the closed Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Aug. 18, 2020. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images
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Journalism professors at UNC Chapel Hill are protesting a “core values” statement that upholds objectivity as a key tenet of news reporting.

Faculty members of UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media converged last week to bemoan a statement of values that’s etched in granite and is found in the lobby of their school.

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