On Julian Assange and journalism
Jacquie Thomson writes: I’m no longer a journalist as currently I don’t practise the profession I was trained in. I was glad to read Johan Lidberg’s well-researched story, which included definitions of journalism, old and more recent.
As for Assange, I join the majority of others with a journalistic background and whistleblower supporters in feeling immensely relieved he is home and safe at last.
Lidberg’s definition, which I quote here in part, includes: “the practice of finding and accessing information, analysing and curating that information into accessible stories, and then publishing those stories”.
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