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    Janice Kai Chen, Ilena Peng, Jasen Lo, Trisha Ahmed, Simon J. Levien, and Devan KarpSeptember 7, 2021
    “I didn’t feel wanted by student media”: Few Black and Latinx students are editors of top college newspapers
    Of the 73 editors-in-chief at award-winning college newsrooms in the Spring 2021 semester, less than 6% were Black, and approximately 10% were Latinx — significantly less than their share of the college population.
    John ZhuAugust 30, 2021
    Parents are desperate for useful info about Covid and schools. Local news isn’t really helping.
    In the three weeks leading up to my kid’s first day of class, there were literally zero stories in the News & Observer about most back-to-school matters in Durham. There were tons of stories about mask fights and an escaped cobra.
    Hanaa' TameezAugust 25, 2021
    In “the capital of income inequality,” Canopy Atlanta wants to equalize how journalism is produced
    “Our theory about how you build trust in information is to help people access it on their own.”
    James CheshireAugust 23, 2021
    Why good graphics are essential for reporting on climate change
    Data visualization can help people grasp the challenges that lie ahead.
    Eleanor CumminsAugust 13, 2021
    “Clickbait gussied up as high-minded trendy woke bullshit”: The White Lotus casts its critical gaze on digital journalism
    The HBO miniseries is about the unreality of wealth, but Rachel ends up being one of the most relatable portrayals of contemporary news media to date.
    Natasha IshakAugust 10, 2021
    “How much does it pay?” Writers of Color polite-shames publications to get to the point
    An online group of journalists is pushing the industry beyond surface-level representation — one tweet at a time.
    Orion Rummler, The 19thAugust 10, 2021
    Newsrooms are failing to protect women journalists. Survivors hope Felicia Sonmez’s lawsuit will change that
    Facing harassment, abuse, and even assault, many women journalists say they’re standing alone.
    Christine MungaiAugust 3, 2021
    “We are just focused on being where readers are”: Pan-African weekly The Continent publishes directly on WhatsApp and Signal
    The Continent has now published 53 editions and has more than 11,000 subscribers a week who receive the publication for free.
    Peter CajkaAugust 2, 2021
    The outing of a priest shines light on the power — and partisanship — of Catholic media in the U.S.
    The story was broken by The Pillar, a Substack newsletter founded in early 2021 by former editors of Catholic News Agency.
    Maggie Jones Patterson and Romayne Smith FullertonJuly 29, 2021
    Tell-all crime reporting is a peculiarly American practice. Now U.S. news outlets are rethinking it
    U.S. newsrooms are increasingly embracing a bit of the empathy toward wrongdoers shown by reporters in some European countries.
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