Objectivity is a tenet of journalistic ethics. It’s taught at Ohio University from the moment a first-year journalist steps into JOUR 1010 and is reiterated again and again throughout college.

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Objectivity serves its purpose, but in some of the most important realms, its time has passed. In those realms, transparency is the new objectivity. Objectivity still is required for much of science.