Rachel Smolkin | Off the Sidelines
Smolkin writes about the conflict for journalists when they are required on the one hand to be objective observers and on the other to respond as human beings to suffering and tragedy. Her experience reporting on the inexcusable lack of government help during Katrina changed her from a hard-line view (journalists should only report, never help victims) to feeling that helping out does not compromise one's impartiality and objectivity in reporting a tragedy.
-Before Katrina, Smolkin felt that journalists would compromise their ___________ if they inserted themselves into the situations they were covering as reporters.

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Smolkin initially believed that journalists would compromise their objectivity if they became involved in the situations they were covering.