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When Reporting on Vulnerable Subjects Feels Exploitative

I interviewed this teenager for a feature about social media and now I am questioning whether I exploited her naivety for my own career advancement

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Power dynamics in journalism are creating genuine moral conflict about whose stories deserve protection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Journalism and creative non-fiction?”

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