The View from Somewhere

A look at the history of the idea of the objective journalist and how this very ideal can often be used to undercut itself.   In The View from Somewhere , Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into the history of “objectivity” in journalism and how its been used to gatekeep and silence marginalized writers as far back as Ida B. Wells. At its core, this is a book about fierce journalists who have pursued truth and transparency and sometimes been punished for it—not just by tyrannical governmen