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Power of Narrative 2025
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Navigating Lived Experience: Objectivity, Ethics, and Positionality in Narrative Journalism
Saturday March 29, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
East Balcony
What happens when the stories you report intersect with your own lived experience? Panelists Andrew Leland, Rachel Kolb, and Darcel Rockett will tackle the complex challenges journalists face when reporting on communities they belong to or are deeply embedded in, and how to navigate "objectivity" in these instances. Panelists will discuss the ethical considerations, responsibilities, and nuances of managing one’s positionality in narrative journalism.
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Andrew Leland

writer, audio producer, editor, and author of The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
Andrew Leland is the author of The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight, which was a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. He has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Art in America, Radiolab, New York Magazine, 99 Percent Invisible, and elsewhere... Read More →
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Rachel Kolb

writer and scholar
Rachel Kolb is a writer whose work explores communication, language, and disability as central components of human experience. A graduate of Stanford University, she was the first signing deaf Rhodes scholar at Oxford before receiving her Ph.D. in English literature from Emory University... Read More →
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Darcel Rockett

Reporter at The Chicago Tribune
Darcel Rockett is a consummate storyteller and writer whose work centers on narratives for and about populations/communities who need to be heard. An avid documenter of the Black experience, she continually aims to shine a light on the many facets of race and culture. She is currently... Read More →
Saturday March 29, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
East Balcony
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