Nate Hardcastle

I'm a contributor to this book, which features digested social issue/political journalism from the early-to-mid 'aughts. Floored to have been included with some of these remarkable authors. I did see a review that docked this collection a star because the journalists didn't suggest solutions--I can understand that desire, but that's not how journalism works. As journalists, our job is to document a problem, to shine a light on something that has been in the shadows, and to inspire others to come up with solutions. If journalists got into the solutions game, they'd cease being journalists and become advocates. This violates one of the foundational tenets of journalism.… (altro)