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4 Ways to Increase the Diversity of Your Sources

4 Ways to Increase the Diversity of Your Sources

Understanding the barriers to increasing source diversity is key to overcoming them
February 8, 2021
Melba Newsome
Spanning Beats, Environmental Justice Reporting Influences Every Story

Spanning Beats, Environmental Justice Reporting Influences Every Story

When Yvette Cabrera was reporting an investigative series about undocumented minors in Southern California’s juvenile justice system, who were being referred by the probation department to immigration authorities, she noticed…
February 3, 2021
Rachel Ramirez
The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos: “Approach Washington with a Healthy Degree of Alarm”

The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos: “Approach Washington with a Healthy Degree of Alarm”

Evan Osnos is a staff writer covering politics and foreign affairs at The New Yorker and the author of “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now” (Scribner,…
February 2, 2021
Spurred by Black Lives Matter, Coverage of Police Violence Is Changing

Spurred by Black Lives Matter, Coverage of Police Violence Is Changing

What if the people storming the Capitol on January 6 had been Black?Newsrooms around the U.S. posed that question as largely white pro-Trump rioters and white supremacists, incited by the…
January 28, 2021
Adeshina Emmanuel
To Change Its Future, The Kansas City Star Examined Its Racist Past

To Change Its Future, The Kansas City Star Examined Its Racist Past

The evening before I headed out to cover a Black Lives Matter protest last May for The Kansas City Star, I listened to and read media coverage about out-of-control mobs…
January 26, 2021
Mará Rose Williams
How Participatory Media Promote Coverage of Social Movements

How Participatory Media Promote Coverage of Social Movements

“Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them” by Ethan ZuckermanIn “Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them,” published January 19…
January 21, 2021
Ethan Zuckerman
Can We Restore A Collective Understanding of Reality, Please?

Can We Restore A Collective Understanding of Reality, Please?

“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” —VoltaireThe carnage on January 6 was precipitated by a lie that the election was stolen from President Trump.…
January 19, 2021
Joan Donovan
After the Capitol Riot, Journalists Contend with Rage against the Media

After the Capitol Riot, Journalists Contend with Rage against the Media

Most days, Paul Gillespie keeps himself to photographing the news, not commenting on it.January 6, 2021, wasn’t one of those days.As violent pro-Donald Trump rioters laid siege to the U.S.…
January 12, 2021
Celeste Katz Marston
How Can Journalists Better Serve Immigrant Communities?

How Can Journalists Better Serve Immigrant Communities?

Chicago is a city of immigrants. Over 1.6 million of them live in the metropolitan Chicago region I call home. And nearly one-third of households in Cook County, Illinois, include…
January 11, 2021
Nissa Rhee
The Extremist Mob at the U.S. Capitol was America, Too

The Extremist Mob at the U.S. Capitol was America, Too

We began Donald Trump’s presidency debating whether it was fair to call lies lies, even though we knew he was the most prolific political liar of modern times.We end it…
January 7, 2021
Issac J. Bailey