Now that the primary election is behind us, I’ve been reflecting on something I always appreciate each election cycle: working for a publication that takes nonpartisanship seriously.

Covering an election means spending weeks talking with candidates, researching races, preparing questions and giving readers the information they need before casting their ballots. By the time Election Day arrives, reporters have spent a lot of time immersed in the issues and getting to know the people whose names appear on the ballot.

That does not mean we stop being people with our own thoughts and opinions. Journalists vote. We live in the communities we cover and are affected by many of the same decisions as everyone else. Being nonpartisan does not require pretending those personal opinions do not exist. It requires understanding that they have no place in the way we report the news.

Someone should be able to pick up the newspaper, read our coverage of two opposing candidates and finish the story without…