Author Jonathan Haber: 5 Steps We Can Take To Win Back Trust In Journalism

Understand and get your hands around bias — For media critics (including those within the media), the term “bias” tends to be used primarily as an accusation against specific media sources that slant the news, usually in favor of one political party or the other. While this is one accurate use of the word “bias,” we need to understand biases of individuals and institutions much more deeply if we want to be effective producers and consumers of news.

As a part of our series about “the 5 steps we can take to win back trust in journalism” I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Jonathan Haber.

Jonathan Haber has worked as a journalist in the US, the UK and Turkey, as well as an entrepreneur and executive in the fields of education and employment. His Degree of Freedom One Year BA project, which involved taking 32 free online courses — the equivalent of a Bachelor’s Degree — in just twelve months, was featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Ideas section of the Boston Globe and…