Cornel West: The Uses of Advocacy Journalism NPR | By Cornel West Published December 15, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST 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