Cornel West: The Uses of Advocacy Journalism By Cornel West Published December 14, 2004 at 11:00 PM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Commentator Cornel West and NPR's Tavis Smiley discuss the notion of advocacy journalism in America, in the tradition of W.E.B. Dubois, I. F. Stone and Ida B. Wells. Copyright 2004 NPR