job as a profession that really reflects the totality of community in our coverage . We don ' t reflect everybody in the community as well as we should . That cuts across all different members of the community , regardless of race , regardless of ethnicity , regardless of religion , all of that . So , we need to work a lot harder at showing people that we understand what their lives are like and reflecting that in our own coverage . The press is not just a target of Donald Trump and the Republicans ; it ' s the target of Democrats . Joe Biden criticized the press outlets , his allies criticize the press all the time . They want the press to report exactly as they as they see the world . And that ' s not our job .
“ I think it ' s important for us to get out in the community and reflect everybody so that they see themselves in our coverage and see themselves fully and fairly represented . It ' s important that when we do stories , particularly the more controversial stories , that we lay out all the evidence , that we be as transparent as possible , not just about who we are , but how we came to report this .” That
evidence can come in the form of sharing online original documents , video , or audio . News outlets have to go into publishing a story with the assumption that nobody ' s going to believe a word they read , says Baron . “ And then we back up — like a contemporary version of a highly footnoted document .
The Next Chapter
Baron continues to hold book talks and signings throughout the country . In March , he will be traveling to Palm Springs , California ; Tucson and Phoenix ,
Arizona ; Chicago ; Stanford , Connecticut ; and Provo , Utah . He is also holding talks at Northeastern , Harvard , Boston Universty , and Yale . His book will be released in Spanish in May , and a paperback version in English is forthcoming . Nearer to home , Baron will be speaking in early August at Hotckiss Library of Sharon , Connecticut . n
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