Irish Examiner View: Keeping a Keane eye on journalism

“If you are a journalist, if you cannot make things better, you should at least not make things worse.”

Journalist and author Fergal Keane. Picture: Naoise Culhane

It’s been an outstanding week for Irish Examiner journalists who scooped up prizes for editorial excellence at the national awards in Dublin including, for the second year running, the coveted Journalist of the Year award, presented this time to political editor Daniel McConnell for, among other things, revealing the sanctimony and cronyism which can sometimes be manifested among those we ask to govern us.

Journalist of the Year Daniel McConnell at the Newsbrands Journalism Awards 2022. Picture:  Fennell Photography 2022