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    Educating the public

    The reason behind many news stories
    Nov 11, 2022 3 minutes
    Source: Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor

    One goal of journalism is educating the public. Whenever people leave a story or news report thinking "I didn't know that," the journalist has done a good job.

    Sometimes when readers or listeners hear something they didn't know, their first reaction is, "That's not true, that's just wrong." Given how much misinformation and disinformation is out there, it's not surprising that some people are distrustful about the news.

    This week we address a letter from an audience member who was certain that NPR misused the term "doula" in describing the work of an abortion doula.

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