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Independent journalistsPress On; an organization in the South that aims to help journalists and local media outlets produce reporting that is community driven and strives for social change.
Objective journalism is seen as the “professional standard." NPR, Associated Press, Politico and more fall in the middle of the "media bias chart"
Froio, N. (2021, May 20). How journalists are challenging ideas of objectivity while empowering their communities. Current. Retrieved May 30, 2022, from https://current.org/2021/05/how-journalists-are-challenging-ideas-of-objectivity-while-empowering-their-communities/
Lewis Raven Wallace, said “I’d argue that any journalist invested in factual reporting can no longer remain neutral.”
Advocacy journalism itself is the current trend that more people are gravitating towards. Objectivity has been the status quo since the early to mid 1900’s and our current idea of advocacy journalism is a recent trend starting within the last few decades.
This debate in journalism is no small matter, some may argue this the biggest debate in journalism right now.
Home. Independent Man. (2019, January 24). Retrieved May 30, 2022, from https://independentman.com.au/
This debate is happening in newsrooms all across the nation.
They tend to be older and were raised on objectivity being a necessary ideal for journalism and rejecting this completely is out of the question for a lot of them. The article by Intelligencer was able to summarize this entire debate in one example and frame it in a way that boils the argument down to being; new ideas versus old ideas of journalism.
They are trying to change the status quo and the way we think about journalism by rejecting the notion of objectivity all together. This is rooted in the ideal that all journalism takes a particular stance, no matter how objective you try to be in your writing. The mere act of reporting is essentially taking a stance because you chose to report on this thing and frame it in this way. Insurrectionists tend to be younger because they don't have any personal ties to the institution itself and are okay with a big change in professional standards.
Accuracy and facts in journalism are important, but you can still have that in advocacy journalism without giving up your own morals or casting aside your own lived experiences.
Until we find a solution to get rid of the current profit-driven media conglomerate model that is mainstream media; more and more citizens and journalists will turn to advocacy and independent avenues for journalism.
We have reached the conclusion that advocacy journalism is where this profession is headed.