Errin Haines on Why Objectivity in Journalism is BS

In today’s episode, Sali is joined by Errin Haines, a journalist, an MSNBC contributor, the Editor at Large at The 19th*, and host of the podcast, The Amendment. In a conversation recorded just a few weeks before Election Day, we’ve caught Errin in her busiest season of work as she’s been covering it extensively. 

An Atlanta native, Errin has a prolific career reporting for The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Washington Post—and she served two terms as vice president of print for the National Association of Black Journalists. Then, in 2020, she joined the founding team at The 19th*—a nonprofit, independent publication that reports on gender, policy, politics, and the many ways they intersect. 

Errin not only has a front-row seat to history but plays a vital role in helping to record it. In today’s episode we’ll dive deeper into:

• how her Atlanta upbringing enabled her to believe she could be anything she wanted.
• why she lives by her mother's advice: “Your 20s are for you.”
• navigating major career setbacks when your job isn’t a fit. 
• why objectivity in journalism "is bullshit. "
• and the Twitter DM that changed the course of her career entirely and led her to The 19th*.

Work Friends is produced by ARGENT (www.argentwork.com), a women’s clothing label on a mission to redefine workwear and drive forward women’s progress.

For more, follow ARGENT on Instagram, @ARGENT, and subscribe to the ARGENT YouTube channel, @ARGENTWork, for clips and bonus content.

To be featured on a future episode, email your work questions and dilemmas to [e-mail] for a chance to have one of our amazing guests weigh in with advice.