Every time I bring up concerns about story tone or framing, I get told I'm "too sensitive." Sometimes I think maybe I am, but then I remember what drew me to journalism. How do you hold onto your principles when the culture seems to reward detachment?

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What kind of publication do you work for? Those are important aspects of a story and absolutely deserve to be discussed. This doesn't sound like a you issue, this sounds like you work for questionable people.

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You’re right — tone and framing are not small details, they’re the story. Sometimes I wonder if pushing back makes me look difficult, but it helps to hear that questioning it is valid.

I wish journalism was more sensitive and less sensational. You're totally right to do so but I sometimes think the industry is not about sensitivity anymore.

Exactly. The push for clicks and shock value often overshadows the heart of a piece. I’d rather keep being “too sensitive” than lose the reason I started writing in the first place

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