Pursuing an Ethic of Empathy in Journalism

ISBN-13: 9780367877088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Janet Blank-Libra

Opis

This book advances a journalistic theory of empathy, challenging long-held notions about how best to do journalism.

Spis treści

Foreword

[Geneva Overholser] 

Preface

1. Introduction: Toward an Integrated Practice

2. An Expanding Philosophy

3. A Theoretical Examination of Empathy and Compassion

4. Objectivity: A Timeworn Antipathy to Empathy

5. Against Compassion: A Quagmire for Journalists

6. Historically Intertwined: The Narrative and Empathy

7. The Empathetic Journalist in the 21st Century

8. A Model for Cultivating a Life of Empathy and Compassion

9. Research and Reflection: Fueling Empathy

10. The Moral Imagination: Reclaiming the Call

11. Cultivating Ethical Relationships

12. Empathetic Listening as a Journalistic Discipline

13. For the Good of the Soul

O autorze

Janet Blank-Libra is Professor of English and Journalism at Augustana University, USA, where she teaches literature courses (fiction and nonfiction), photojournalism, ethics and law of the press, a variety of writing courses, and courses specific to the university’s honors program. She has twice received teaching awards and recently finished a three-year appointment as the recipient of an endowed chair that the university calls "The Chair of Moral Values," a rather weighty title that allowed her to bring ethical issues to the attention of the community.