Can a journalist also be an activist?

Can a journalist also be an activist?

Can a journalist also be an activist? When Halifax Media Co-op journalist Miles Howe was arrested Nov. 26 for the third time by New Brunswick RCMP, many questioned if he was indeed a journalist. Howe was reporting about SWN Resources' exploration for natural gas near the small community of Rexton and the Elsipogtog First Nation, which claims the land.

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