I hate blogs.
Or shall I say… I am trying not to hate blogs.
I love facts. I love interviews. I love investigations.
I love Ida B. Tarbell. McClure Magazine. The Washington Post circa 1970s. I love the pursuit of truth. I love the Fourth Estate.
I am not interested in personal musings, breakfast habits, emotional needs or amateur punditry.
I love journalism. I hate that the term fact-based journalism exists.
I have been told many times in my 29 years that I am an “old soul,” “an old lady,” “a traitor to my generation,” “a grouch.”
So, in the interest of modernity (and since I am being asked/forced to blog)…I am going to blog about what I love.
Journalism.
This blog will become a space for people who love journalism to discuss the craft, complex ethical issues, passionate responses and intellectual developments as related to the work of The Press Institute.
Journalism, to me, is a way of life. It is a development tool. It is an answer. It is a solution.
I have dedicated my life to bringing this invigorating, empowering, investigative, proud, smart ass, freeing craft to people in developing countries. The Press Institute is dedicated to the pursuit of justice via journalism.
For all those who say my aims are antiquated, my pursuits prehistoric – I say meet Tara. Meet Juana. Meet Anju. Meet Joanne. Meet Kalpana. Meet the 119 women who have taken The Press Institute up on their offer to use the craft of journalism to uplift themselves. Feed their families. Earn a living. Earn respect. Participate. Educate. Inform. Empower.
Their journalism lives. It breathes. It gives life.
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