Where can I find the view from somewhere?
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity is available from University of Chicago Press or wherever you get your books! Ruben Salazar (ep 7) CREDITS:
What is the podcast The book The podcast based on?
The podcast is based on the book by Lewis Raven Wallace, available now from the University of Chicago Press. Transcripts and full credits below. Host and creator: Lewis Raven Wallace Producer: Ramona Martinez
What is the “objectivity podcast”?
The podcast focuses on the troubled history of “objectivity” and how it has been used to gatekeep and exclude people of color, queer and trans people, and people organizing for their labor rights and communities.
Who wrote the book The View from Somewhere?
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, by Lewis Raven Wallace (University of Chicago Press, 2019) Mutual Aid 101 by Mariame Kaba and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Who is Lewis Raven Wallace?
Host and creator: Lewis Raven Wallace is an award-winning independent journalist based in Durham, North Carolina, and a cofounder of Press On, a Southern collective supporting journalism for liberation. His book and podcast, The View from Somewhere, focus on undoing the myth of “objectivity” in journalism and uplifting stories of marginalized journalists. He previously worked for public radio’s Marketplace, WYSO, and WBEZ. He is white and transgender, and was born and raised in the Midwest with deep roots in the South. @lewispants
Movement Journalism
Reporter Tina Vasquez has always practiced movement journalism, or journalism in service to liberation—but it wasn’t until recently that she realized she had a community and an identity as a movement journalist.
The End of Extractive Journalism
Extractive journalism—reporting on communities without input or accountability—is the model for a lot of journalism in the U.S., especially journalism about low-income people and communities of color. But lots of people are and have been actively resisting this model.
Wash Your Hands, Know Your History
Journalist and professor Steven Thrasher draws out the connections between coverage of HIV/AIDS and coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Thrasher joined us for Episode 8 about queer media history and AIDS. Also: How handwashing is a symbol for trust and the ability to be changed by new information.
