What The National is matters. It not only matters, but is imperative to the functioning of our democracy and the preservation of a decent society. At a time when too much of the media feels sanitised or shaped by powerful interests, The National continues to ask the difficult questions and tells the stories that others either skirt around or deliberately avoid.
For me, The National is what journalism is supposed to be. Holding power to account and most importantly – reporting on the truth free from the influence of power. A means for those whose voices are too often ignored to be heard and a vehicle for uncomfortable truths to be told, even when those truths are unpopular. It shouldn’t be a rarity in journalism, but the reality now is that it is – and The National is one of few still committed to the kind of hard hitting and truthful reporting that has become so unfortunately lost.
