Storytellers R Us: separating signal from noise

My few, fleeting seconds of fame occurred on March 12. Anyone flipping to that page of the 2007 Freedom Forum First Amendment calendar will see a quote from me:

Without journalists, others without a sense of the journalistic mission — such as unscrupulous advertisers and political charlatans — will be telling the stories.

That appeared in a commentary I wrote for Editor & Publisher almost two years ago.

Boy, has figuring out who’s a credible storyteller changed.

Nowadays, everyone’s got something to say — or show.

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