advocacy journalism
nounDefinition of advocacy journalism
: journalism that advocates a cause or expresses a viewpoint
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But there are many kinds of journalism: straight news, expert analysis, advocacy journalism (think alt weeklies), cultural criticism and opinion writing. — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, "Parlergate? What we know and don’t know about Kari Lake’s return to Fox 10," 24 July 2019 Assorted independent movements and personal goals converged to occasion the arrival of young black filmmakers outside the Hollywood system, but Ugwu’s advocacy journalism caters to a generational ignorance that is superficial and uninformed. — Armond White, National Review, "The New York Times’ Black-Film Roundtable Ignores Black American Excellence," 10 July 2019 The magazine’s editor, Osborn Elliott, believed the package represented a move away from the objective reporting revered in this era and a rush toward a new type of advocacy journalism. — Alice George, Smithsonian, "The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened," 1 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'advocacy journalism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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