Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have… — Amy Goodman
Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful. It is the best reason I know to carry our pens, cameras, and microphones into our own communities and out to the wider world.
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