Partipation

The role of a journalist should not be bias, they shouldn't include their personal thoughts and opinion to persuade or have an effect on the reader in any way possible. However, it is almost impossible to be absolutely objective without any influences. Participatory journalism is even more so because the journalist is involved in the event. No matter how uninvolved he is, he is always more involved then a random reporter reporting the event because he actually took part in it. When one is part of an event and he is to write about it, it is nearly impossible to not put thoughts and opinions in it even though he might not mean it because when you describe the situation you are using your own judgement because you were there and that's a first hand source. In the case of John, he was a participatory journalist that witnessed a terrible event of his team member dying. This tragic event led to him filling the article with his own ideas and opinions because it is just too stunning. Some have argued that participatory journalism is questionable and should be abolished because journalist in this field will often include their own personal thoughts and opinions that might sway the article in a certain way or might persuade the audience rather than simply informing real facts and this might be a problem.