Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Song says she has recently been reading the work of Walter Lippman '10 on journalism. Writing in the 1920s, Lippman expressed the state of journalism in newspapers...
...What [he said] they end up doing is reporting not the ordinary goings on or even the goings on in your local town government," Song explains. "It's mostly concocted and sensational, and that's what people look for when they read the news--an alternative to watching...
Seventy years later, Song says journals such as The Nation can do more than report sensational news; they can reflect upon the "facts" of what happened, educate, and challenge readers to think critically about the "facts." But she has one reservation...
...Song applies this same depth of scrutiny when she thinks about the more distant future...
Asked where she'll be 15 years from today, Song laughs...