Objectivity and “The Journalist's Creed”
2008; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00947679.2008.12062748
ISSN2641-2071
AutoresAimee Edmondson, Earnest L. Perry,
Tópico(s)Race, History, and American Society
ResumoThis article examines how heal newspapers covered the attempted enrollment and subsequent legal fight that African American journalist Lucile Bluford waged against the University of Missouri, the birthplace of journalism education, in 1939. The case rose in the shadow of the U.S. Supreme Court's better known Lloyd Gaines decision, which was the NAACP's most significant challenge of the separate but equal doctrine arising from Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. The school's first dean and patriarch, Walter Williams, called for reporters to battle injustice and to remain objective in “The Journalist's Creed.” This became a hallmark of the school and journalists worldwide, and reporters covering the Bluford case learned the creed from Williams’ disciples. However, this study shows they failed to follow it.
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