Public Interest Journalism

Do you know much about power struggles ? Do you know how to tell the difference between being reasonably dominant and being unreasonably domineering ? Do you know how to define dominance and prominence in the context of politics ? Do you know how to identify abusive power and control , and how to report it appropriately? You may regard the public interest as reflecting good societal health, good environmental health and good mental health, and protecting them. Do you know much about epistemology ? Are you quite well acquainted with the sociology of knowledge ? Do you know how to identify a crisis , and respond to it appropriately? Are you acquainted with agnotology ? Are you acquainted with various epistemic communities ? Do you know much about the replication crisis ? Are you capable of interpreting an epistemic crisis with adequate objectivity ?  Do you know how to define and compare epistemic regimes ? Have you attempted to understand the strategies used for gaining and mainta

You may believe there have never been adequately developed democracies anywhere in the world.  Yet the theoretical basis of quality democracies has been known for many years, and possibly even for many centuries. Public interest journalism is an expression of democracy, sometimes even more so than voting. There are many ways to volunteer if you wish to support a quality democracy, in any part of the world, but perhaps you have more urgent matters to address, like finding somewhere to sleep or something to eat or a way to escape from danger. Perhaps you have urgent responsibilities relating to other people in terms of providing sleeping arrangements and eating arrangements and safety arrangements.  How do you usually assess urgency, both personally and politically? How do legal structures help or hinder the expression of a well-informed democracy? How do financial structures help or hinder the expression of a well-informed democracy? When, in your view, does news become history? Wh