journalism

Last week Carrie Taylor, a registered dietitian, wrote a column in The Republican where she set out to help parents who are “completely confused” when it comes to feeding their kids seafood.

It wasn't that long ago that NFI went head-to-head with the New York Times over its misuse of science and distortion of data in reporting about seafood.

Just last week NFI held its annual meeting and I had the pleasure of meeting with some really smart engaged communicators who understand the importance of getting the ground truth science about seafood into the hands of consumers. It is widely understood that with the latest and most balanced information in hand the public can determine for themselves what is misleading rhetoric and what is the truth.

 First of all let's start things off on the right foot. My name is Gavin and I am here to be a resource to you. Despite what you may have read or heard from environmental extremists the seafood community wants a clean, safe, healthy environment for our kids to grow up in too. We, like most people, would like to see less pollution and more blue skies.

On the first day this blog went live I wrote that we "hope to change the dialog that often accompanies stories about seafood. It's no longer about whether we like or agree with a story.  It's about whether reporters and producers are following the basic journalistic tenants of fairness, balance, objectivity and above all, accuracy."