Polarisation erodes legitimacy of ‘factual journalism’

WE are no longer surprised to read the grim tally of journalists killed in the line of duty, nor to learn — through an investigation by the Forbidden Stories collective — that of the more than 100 journalists killed in Gaza, several were clearly deliberately targeted; nor to hear that newsrooms are increasingly instructed to hide press armbands.

It seems entirely normal to everyone that security budgets are rising exponentially in organisations involved in field journalism.