Author

Mary C. Curtis

@mcurtisnc3

Mary C. Curtis,  a 2006 Nieman Fellow and a columnist at Roll Call, has worked at The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Charlotte Observer, as national correspondent for Politics Daily, and is a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project. Her podcast, Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis,” examines policy and politics through the lens of social justice.

It's Time to Cover Black Women as the Norm and Not the “Other”

It’s Time to Cover Black Women as the Norm and Not the “Other”

Though I’ve seen the way the media portray Black women evolve over time, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done exactly right — or at least with the complexity…

Disgraced By a Story That Consumed Them

‘I began to understand why some mistrust the news media.…’

The Civil Rights Struggle and the Press

A book revisits the time when only a few brave voices in the Southern press stood up against the many ‘that supported and often led massive resistance to change.’

The Civil Rights Struggle and the Press

A book revisits the time when only a few brave voices in the Southern press stood up against the many ‘that supported and often led massive resistance to change.’

Questions for Journalists to Ponder in the Aftermath of Katrina

‘The first step is admitting that you don’t know what you don’t know.’