The 2nd Thread For 12/4/13: The View From Non-Diversity
It was a decent interview from Conor Friedersdorf with Jay Rosen about the new site that I am apart of , especially Jay further explaining how ridiculous the stubbornly centrist "View from Nowhere" is. What about ideological diversity? The View from Somewhere obviously permits it. You've said you'll have it. Is that because it is valuable in itself? Or is it just an incidental byproduct of hiring the best people you can? This is something we should dig in on, so excuse me if my answer is a bit long. ... I have been a closer observer of diversity efforts within the American newsroom. And I could be wrong, but I think these efforts are founded on a contradiction. The basic insight is correct: Since "news judgment" is judgment, the product is improved when there are multiple perspectives at the table ... But, if the people who are recruited to the newsroom because they add perspectives that might otherwise be overlooked are also taught that they sho...