3 Levels of Ethical Storytelling
The conversation around ethical storytelling has evolved a lot over the years. We used to think of ethical storytelling as a practice of “doing no…
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3 Tips to Avoid Stereotypes in Ethical Storytelling
One of our biggest challenges when writing about culture is avoiding stereotyping that culture. Sometimes our stories sound like stereotypes because we have failed to…
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4 Ways to Balance Discussions of Culture through Ethical Storytelling
I get asked a lot about how to address culture—a group’s shared values and beliefs—through ethical storytelling. Nonprofit staff who are not members of the…
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3 Steps for Equitable Editing in Storytelling
Ethical storytelling is not just about good stewardship in acquisition (interviewing)—often the biggest blunders occur behind the scenes: in the editorial process. Of all the…
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10 Tips for Equity in Interviewing
I’ve written a lot about the principles behind ethical storytelling, how empathy differs from sympathy in storytelling, why exploitative storytelling persists, and how the evolving…