I’m going to be looking at this question again in the
near future, particularly on Wordpress.
Should journalists march in protests and carry
signs? Should they be allowed to?
Here’s Poynter’s take on the question back in 2017.
Columbia Journalism review had taken up this question
especially with respect to the Women’s March the day after Inauguration Day in
2017. This argument was more based on equality.
Turn this around, does a blogger become a journalist
by calling himself one? Would op-ed
writers follow different rules? What
about independent journalists with big YouTube channels where they interview
people or analyze news stories?
It doesn’t take much to see that his is a big deal
overseas.
In the US, activists (mainly on the Left) could
reasonably argue that independent vloggers who call themselves “journalists”
and who don’t protest, weaken group solidarity and hollow out normal political
processes.
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