Aficinados of journalism and communications might like to ponder the questions raised by the article below about Edward R Murrow, advocacy journalism.
They might also want to conduct thought experiments on where the line between advocacy journalism and citizen journalism, if there is such a thing, begins and ends.
Is the media coming round full circle back to advocacy journalism because of the pressure exerted by the New Media?
Published: April 24, 2008
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NEW YORK: If he hadn’t smoked himself to an early death, Edward R. Murrow would have turned 100 years old on Friday. There couldn’t be a better time to remember America’s most famous reporter and his legacy – advocacy journalism.
The anniversary of Murrow’s birth comes just as many news organizations around the world are publicly rethinking the role of objectivity in journalism. In a reversal of common practice, some media have concluded, as Murrow did, that reports often benefit when a journalist’s opinions are reflected.
Murrow viewed journalism as a tool to educate the world, which is not surprising given that he was originally going to be a teacher, not a journalist. After being hired by CBS News in 1935 to be “Director of Talks” in Europe – basically a glorified booker – he ended up going on the air when the Nazis invaded Austria, because no one else was nearby. |
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