advocacy journalism
noun
: journalism that advocates a cause or expresses a viewpoint
advocacy journalist
noun
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At the same time, Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Crusader, cautioned that advocacy journalism for Black people should not turn into advocacy for Black politicians.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
MacIver's appeal arrived at the Supreme Court as other government entities have wrestled with how to define who is a reporter at a time when the internet often blursthat line and advocacy journalism has proliferated in state capitals and in Washington.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
Cooper scolded officials in confrontational interviews that crossed a line into advocacy journalism and visibly choked up on camera.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
In 1993, The Republic embarked on an ambitious course of advocacy journalism in the Pulliam tradition.
—John D'anna, azcentral, 19 May 2020
The paper didn't care for balanced reporting: This was advocacy journalism, with a strong dose of saucy celebrity gossip.
—Jenni Marsh, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
Andy Bosselman is editor and executive director of Streetsblog Denver, an affiliate of a national network of nonprofit advocacy journalism publications that cover the movement for better walking, biking and public transportation.
—Andy Bosselman, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019
Dean Nelson, a media analyst and the director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazerene University, calls it advocacy journalism.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
But there are many kinds of journalism: straight news, expert analysis, advocacy journalism (think alt weeklies), cultural criticism and opinion writing.
—Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 July 2019
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
MacIver's appeal arrived at the Supreme Court as other government entities have wrestled with how to define who is a reporter at a time when the internet often blursthat line and advocacy journalism has proliferated in state capitals and in Washington.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
Cooper scolded officials in confrontational interviews that crossed a line into advocacy journalism and visibly choked up on camera.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
In 1993, The Republic embarked on an ambitious course of advocacy journalism in the Pulliam tradition.
—John D'anna, azcentral, 19 May 2020
The paper didn't care for balanced reporting: This was advocacy journalism, with a strong dose of saucy celebrity gossip.
—Jenni Marsh, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
Andy Bosselman is editor and executive director of Streetsblog Denver, an affiliate of a national network of nonprofit advocacy journalism publications that cover the movement for better walking, biking and public transportation.
—Andy Bosselman, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019
Dean Nelson, a media analyst and the director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazerene University, calls it advocacy journalism.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
But there are many kinds of journalism: straight news, expert analysis, advocacy journalism (think alt weeklies), cultural criticism and opinion writing.
—Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 July 2019
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“Advocacy journalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advocacy%20journalism. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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