Is Journalism a Form of Activism?

Posted Friday, March 30, 2018 7:59 am

Danielle Tcholakian | Longreads

Last weekend, as March For Our Lives protests took place all across the country, the student co-editor-in-chief of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School newspaper said on the CNN show “Reliable Sources” that journalism is a form of activism.

I was not surprised to see her quickly criticized on Twitter.

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Is Journalism a Form of Activism?

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