Rukhsana AslamRukhsana Aslam

Dr Rukhsana Aslam has a doctorate in Media and Conflict from AUT. She is a journalist-turned-academic living in Auckland.

Is it OK for journalists to cry on camera?

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For many reporters covering the Christchurch terror attacks, detachment and objectivity gave way to human emotion, and journalist turned academic Dr Rukhsana Aslam argues that’s perfectly fine.  To be objective, neutral and dispassionate while doing a story is the long-practised norm of journalism. It is the principle we journalists live by. We are trained to … Read more