CAN JOURNALISTS BE ACTIVISTS? SHOULD THEY BE? A LOOK AT AN INCREASINGLY BLURRY LINE

As politics becomes more polarized, has journalism followed suit? With the rise of cable news and online sources that didn’t exist a few years ago, where people get their news matters more than ever. And traditional news organizations often find themselves in the trenches with advocacy journalism, whether in coverage of politics or civil rights or the environment. Veteran political columnist Stephanie Grace moderates a panel of journalists who have written for a number of platforms, including Jarvis DeBerry, Pam Radtke, and Katy Reckdahl