Issac Bailey, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, is a journalist, race relations seminar creator and facilitator, and the author of “Why Didn’t We Riot? A Black Man in Trumpland” (Other Press, October 2020). He is also the author of “My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South” (Other Press, 2018). He has contributed to Politico, CNN.com, Time, and The Washington Post. He is a former columnist and senior writer for The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and he was a 2011 recipient of a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for stories about a child protection case. The state subsequently revamped the way it handles such cases.
In June, New Yorker editor David Remnick interviewed New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger. They discussed a variety of subjects, including the rise of digital media, The Times’s financial health, the storied history of the news behemoths they are … Read more
I’ll never forget the day an editor called me into his office and made a declaration. “Race no longer matters,” he said. It was in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that brought down the twin towers … Read more
CNN’s Donald Trump town hall is the highest-profile recent example of anti-woke journalism hampering our ability to responsibly cover the 2024 election cycle or a host of “culture war” issues. Top news executives, editors, and commentators have become so focused … Read more
Despite all the complaints about Fox News throughout the years, it wasn’t always regarded with journalistic disdain, especially not during Barack Obama’s first year in office. When the Obama administration tried to exclude Fox News from interviews with executive-pay czar … Read more
Donald Trump’s potential arrest must not be framed as only, or even primarily, a political story. It’s not enough to tell our audiences Trump is the first president to be criminally charged either while in the White House or after … Read more
The New York Times had a chance to earnestly grapple with a serious critique of its trans coverage by a serious group of professionals, including journalists The Times believed were credible enough to have a byline in the paper or … Read more
When my wife and I visited New York in December, I wasn’t sure if we’d be safe on the subway, walking up and down the streets, or if it would be wiser to stick to Uber. I’m certain a major … Read more
Whatever happened to values voters? Were they wiped off the face of Earth like dinosaurs? Hitched a ride on unidentified interstellar object Oumuamua, which Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb thinks might be evidence of alien intelligence, and are now on … Read more
Why would the FBI conduct an unprecedented court-authorized search at the home of a former president of the United States? That is the wrong question for journalists to ask. These are better ones: Why was such a search unprecedented? Have … Read more
Before I discuss news coverage of a 10-year-old rape victim whose story became a political football, there are a few things I want you to consider: Women and girls who become pregnant as a result of a rape don’t automatically … Read more
