For the last 54 years, countless writers have lived by the words of the late author Graham Greene who wrote that writers should have a “splinter of ice in the heart”. He meant that we need to maintain a critical distance from the events we cover, in order to remain objective.

But have journalists become part of the world’s problems, with our focus on catastrophes?

Today, international and political editor, Peter Hartcher, on the argument that some journalists have been “bad friends” to all of you, and the clarion call for a new type of writing, to meet this moment of calamity that we find ourselves in.

 

For the last 54 years, countless writers have lived by the words of the late author Graham Greene who wrote that writers should have a &ldquo;splinter of ice in the heart&rdquo;. He meant that we need to maintain a critical distance from the events we cover, in order to remain objective.
But&nbsp;have journalists become part of the world&rsquo;s problems, with our focus on catastrophes?
Today, international and political editor, Peter Hartcher, on the argument that some journalists have been &ldquo;bad friends&rdquo; to all of you, and the clarion call for a new type of writing, to meet this moment of calamity that we find ourselves in.
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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Problems, the world has a few...and are journalists one of them?

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