1 @TomRosenstiel @jayrosen_nyu @nytopinion @jackshafer @soljourno Great discussion on objectivity. But there's another aspect of @WesleyLowery's piece that speaks to how journalism covers excluded communities.

2 Lowery starts and ends with an anecdote from his cub reporter days at the Globe. Sent to Roxbury, he notes residents' shock at seeing a Globe reporter. "Y'all don't write about this part of town."

3 But that's not true. The Globe and MSM do cover places like Roxbury — but only one aspect. One resident makes a (completely justified) complaint to Lowery about the Globe's coverage of a family member accused of a crime. And Lowery is there to cover a stabbing.

4 MSM with largely white audiences tend to write about excluded communities for their dominant audience, choosing stories that confirm stereotypes.

Journalism needs to do a lot of work to rectify this, including, of course, hiring more reporters of color.

5 But how about broadening our lens? People outside of Roxbury only know it through the media. So they see only crime. What about health, education, the arts — problems, and how people in Roxbury are tackling problems? We should cover these in Roxbury just like in Cambridge.

6 Changing our story selection — changing our concept of what's "newsworthy" — would make media coverage of communities of color less racist and more accurate and complete. @soljourno