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Mon Jan 31 14:24:27 +0000 2022

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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

A good explanatory journalist takes various facts and pieces of research and holds them against the light in different combinations and provides context that allows the reader to understand something new about the big picture. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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The basic formula is, "So I had this question that was bugging me, so I asked this smart person to tell me about it, and here's what they said." This is basically the core of good explanatory journalism. The issue is what Rogan does with what people tell him. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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Some of those facts might conflict, which is why a big part of the process involves evaluating your sources — also a critical tenet of good journalism, and a difficult thing to do, which is why so many reporters rely on heuristics like interviewing *sources of authority* — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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