Present time, Past. The Historical and Philosophical Roots of Civic Journalism

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Mike Dillon

Abstract

The author goes over the objectives and events that gave meaning to a journalism that seeks participation and compromise from the community. Civic Journalism is defined not as "an old wine in a new bottle" but as an expression of its time, as a result of an historical development that demands to journalism the recovery of its ideals.

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Dillon, M. (2013). Present time, Past. The Historical and Philosophical Roots of Civic Journalism. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (3). https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2007.3.41700

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Author Biography

Mike Dillon, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA

Doctor in Mass Communication, majoring in History, State University of Pennsylvania; associate professor in the area of Journalism and Mass Media Duquesne University.
He has been associate editor and chief writer Primo Magazine, and has conducted interviews with celebrities and prominent as Lee Ielpi, New York firefighter who led the recovery of bodies from the "Ground Zero" people. Currently he is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, and Dallas Morning News.
It was also multiawarded for various journalistic associations for their work. He is winner of Adelle Mellen Award for his book The Life and Times of Edward H. Butler, founder of the Buffalo News (1850-1914). One participant journalist through the golden age, and Creative Teaching Award from Duquesne University with Margaret Jones Patterson. dillonm@duq.edu