The promises journalists make
In the deluge of stories coming out of the war in Ukraine, what sticks with you? What do you remember? For us, it's the stories of the people who are still in harm's way.
When Ukrainians faced with the potential takeover of their hometowns by Russian invaders stop to describe their survival, it leaves a lasting imprint. When Russians chronicle their efforts to protest their own government's actions, it conveys courage.
The journalists who bring us these voices take great care to tell these stories without making a bad situation worse. They will often conceal locations, or full identities, in order to protect their sources, or their sources' families, from the danger of occupying forces.
A listener wrote in to ask whether NPR had let down one such source — a human rights advocate who was documenting the protests within Russia. We looked into the promises that were made (and kept).
Another listener advocated for NPR to embrace the metric system. We disagree.
And finally, this week we've got a question about NPR's Collaborative Journalism Network show about media literacy.
