Abstract
The article analyzes the journalist’s view on the condition of contemporary media as presented in Wojciech Tochman’s Eli, Eli. The book is a reportage about the Philippines. The journalist describes the main challenges faced by literary reporters. Tochman criticizes journalistic voyeurism and excessive press photography. The article compares Tochman’s authorial comments with statements made by other reporters (the precursors of reportage and contemporary writers) who discuss journalistic ethics and the so-called pornography of death, as manifested by the contemporary media.
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