Civic journalism

Public journalism (also known as Civic Journalism ) is a journalism movement, which was founded in the 1990s.

History

Crucial to the development of this journalism movement was on the one hand, the low interest of citizens in politics and held the objective reporting of the media, which limited electoral campaigns of competing elites and reduces people to their role as spectators.

David Buzz Merritt, editor in chief of the magazine " The Wichita Eagle" reignited the basic idea of this journalism movement before the 1990 gubernatorial elections held in Kansas. He developed jointly with one hundred citizens issues and presented the main problems of the political situation along which the connection of journalists in different ways ( reports, discussion forums, etc.) have been integrated into their reporting. The project soon proved successful and was quickly spread and developed in the USA. The focus is on the problems and needs of the people - which is to take up journalism, bringing to public debate. While traditional journalism concepts attached importance to objectivity, based the " public journalism " in an attempt to bring the journalists with the humans. The origin of this concept is in the United States of America - where Professor K. Perry of the University of Alabama designates this bourgeois journalism movement as an attempt to use journalism to integrate citizens and people in political and social processes.

Definition

Essential to this model is the idea that journalism is not only the transmission and dissemination of information is based on, but this also fulfills its obligations to the public and their concerns and interests at the center. A definition of the German Foundation employees is: " The idea is to be activated by shaping journalism citizens infected encourage and enable them to participate actively in the political process in their community impact." Eksterowicz and Roberts describe public journalism as follows: "Public Journalism is Concerned with Developing productive relationships with the communities did journalists observe. Journalists are not mere observers but rather are Participants and facilitators in seeking relationships. "

Principle

The proponents of public journalism criticize the traditional journalists to the effect that this represents by his objectivity on the issues, the needs of the reader in the background and thus creates a distance to the recipient. The "Public journalist " is based on the other hand:

  • Citizens Middle reporting
  • Journalistic independence
  • Use of innovative forms of representation in all topics
  • Promotion of knowledge and understanding
  • Continuous control of the relationship with citizens
  • Integration of the views of citizens in reporting ( opinion polls, groups, internet forums, panel discussions, etc. )
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