Even outside of journalism, many writers spend years trying to sound “neutral.” But, in that sense, neutrality isn’t real but is someone else’s bias in a dominant voice.
Who benefits when you make your writing palatable? What ideas have you softened to avoid being dismissed as angry, emotional, naïve, or “too much”? Take whatever time you need with this. Let’s write.
Write something today that refuses to perform neutrality. Say what you mean, the way you mean it.