The rising fear of screwing up

In the wake of the Rolling Stone debacle, Monica Guzman surveys journalists about what keeps them awake at night, and finds that the answer is fear. And with the pace of journalism growing ever faster, thanks to tweets and blog posts and comments, the risks of making a career-ending error are growing too, dangerously so: "In journalism, as in life, some fear is necessary. But too much fear is paralyzing. Are you too afraid to do good journalism? Or not afraid enough?"

April 27, 2015

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