I personally THINK honestly disclosing rather than hiding one's subjective VALUES makes for more honest and trustworthy JOURNALISM. But no journalism - from the most stylistically 'objective' to the most brazenly opinionated - has any real value unless it is grounded in facts, EVIDENCE, and verifiable DATA.
Read MoreThe CHALLENGE in fiction is to write a terrific story. The challenge in journalism is to communicate SOLID, objective INFORMATION. The challenge in creative non-fiction is to do it both and to do it well.
Read MoreI started doing SCIENCE when I was effectively 20, a GRADUATE STUDENT of Salvador Luria at Indiana University. And that was - you know, it took me about two years, you know, being a graduate student with Luria deciding I wanted to find the STRUCTURE of DNA; that is, DNA was going to be my objective.
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