Journalism, Democracy and Education: some reflections on civic journalism

Abstract

The article discusses aspects of the movement known as Civic Journalism from the perspective of the historical changes through which passes journalistic practices. It emphasizes the relations between democracy and journalistic practices in order to demonstrate the roles assumed by journalism in democratic societies, and the propositions articulated by John Dewey about education and public life, so that journalists not only write about democratic practices, but also practice in their workplace and educate their readers for citizenship. It concludes by presenting two proposals for further investigations into civic journalism: the adoption of new primary definers and development frames in line with the public agenda.

Civic Journalism; Democracy; Education; John Dewey; Journalistic Practices