Alison Morrow

like where my blind spots are. And, and instead of like looking at people that kind of irk me and blaming them, I like to turn inward and to look at myself and to see, you know, what it is about me that, that, you know, I have this reaction to them. And then that allows you to kind of be curious about people instead of reactive and defensive. And I think that really, you

like where my blind spots are. And, and instead of like looking at people that kind of irk me and blaming them, I like to turn inward and to look at myself and to see, you know, what it is about me that, that, you know, I have this reaction to them. And then that allows you to kind of be curious about people instead of reactive and defensive. And I think that really, you

carried me through my journalism career, meeting with people and thinking, okay, if I was born in the same situation they were, I had the same parents, I went to the same school, I had the same childhood and young adulthood, could I possibly think the way they do? Well, yeah, I could. So I had no right to really judge them from a spiritual standpoint. I could have ended up just like them.

carried me through my journalism career, meeting with people and thinking, okay, if I was born in the same situation they were, I had the same parents, I went to the same school, I had the same childhood and young adulthood, could I possibly think the way they do? Well, yeah, I could. So I had no right to really judge them from a spiritual standpoint. I could have ended up just like them.

I didn't choose all these different things. By the grace of God, I am where I am. So it put me in a position to not stand over people and just be interested and not scared of them. There's no fear when you approach somebody that way. They can't dirt at you. I think there's a lot of journalists nowadays that think that if you talk to somebody that

I didn't choose all these different things. By the grace of God, I am where I am. So it put me in a position to not stand over people and just be interested and not scared of them. There's no fear when you approach somebody that way. They can't dirt at you. I think there's a lot of journalists nowadays that think that if you talk to somebody that

is of one of these, I don't know, danger zones on the internet that somehow you're going to be tainted, which is a crazy way to look at journalism. Those are exactly the people that we should try to understand. But I think that's the reason that I was able to be in that position. I really believe it's a spiritual blindness. I have no other way to describe it.

is of one of these, I don't know, danger zones on the internet that somehow you're going to be tainted, which is a crazy way to look at journalism. Those are exactly the people that we should try to understand. But I think that's the reason that I was able to be in that position. I really believe it's a spiritual blindness. I have no other way to describe it.

In a lot of ways, there is an issue with just like the factory farming of information and just the fast-paced and deadline-driven short stories, 90 seconds or less on television, for instance, and shorter copy in the news business and faster more. But the people who see that and are kind of over it and realize that there's no way you can cover a complex topic in that context,

In a lot of ways, there is an issue with just like the factory farming of information and just the fast-paced and deadline-driven short stories, 90 seconds or less on television, for instance, and shorter copy in the news business and faster more. But the people who see that and are kind of over it and realize that there's no way you can cover a complex topic in that context,

world, a lot of those people have left. So I wish that was just the reason that everybody has good intentions and they would do better if they just had more time. But I don't think that anymore. I left in 2019. I saw the Trump administration, the beginning of that, how that was covered. And, you know, there's a lot of groupthink, just a considerable amount of groupthink.

world, a lot of those people have left. So I wish that was just the reason that everybody has good intentions and they would do better if they just had more time. But I don't think that anymore. I left in 2019. I saw the Trump administration, the beginning of that, how that was covered. And, you know, there's a lot of groupthink, just a considerable amount of groupthink.

And it got even worse when Trump was elected because there was this whole self-righteousness about it. Like when we go out and silence people or we quote fact check or whatever the words are that they're using, that they have this righteousness to them that in a way didn't exist or at least not to that level prior to 2016. So then when you kind of pushed into COVID and

And it got even worse when Trump was elected because there was this whole self-righteousness about it. Like when we go out and silence people or we quote fact check or whatever the words are that they're using, that they have this righteousness to them that in a way didn't exist or at least not to that level prior to 2016. So then when you kind of pushed into COVID and

COVID became like the next martyrdom where we're going to really have to silence people. We really have to go after misinformation. Like the public is at risk here. And so, you know, as the danger continues to mount, maybe it's the fear within the newsrooms.

COVID became like the next martyrdom where we're going to really have to silence people. We really have to go after misinformation. Like the public is at risk here. And so, you know, as the danger continues to mount, maybe it's the fear within the newsrooms.

I've always had this theory that journalists, if you're seeing something that they want you to be afraid of, it's because they're afraid of it. Like, and if they're not afraid of it, they're just not going to tell you about it because they don't really care. I mean, there's just a lot of like, Projection, I guess, in that world.

I've always had this theory that journalists, if you're seeing something that they want you to be afraid of, it's because they're afraid of it. Like, and if they're not afraid of it, they're just not going to tell you about it because they don't really care. I mean, there's just a lot of like, Projection, I guess, in that world.

So I just think there's so much group think now and like managers don't do a very good job of encouraging people to think differently or to get outside of their safety zone. And a lot of the people that would have done that are gone.

So I just think there's so much group think now and like managers don't do a very good job of encouraging people to think differently or to get outside of their safety zone. And a lot of the people that would have done that are gone.