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As Detroit’s legacy news outlets struggle to diversify, some reporters move on
Last summer, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) hosted its annual conference in Detroit. Representatives of the city’s mainstream media were there with recruitment booths. But as much as Detroit’s publications need the voices of Black people, who make up 80 percent of its population, its newspapers—whose staffs are 75-percent white, overall—didn’t have openings....
Cartooning candidates: how the press borrows from Trump
When Donald J. Trump arrived in the White House, he brought with him a gift for shorthand that he’d perfected over years spent in and out of the New York tabloids. Trump, like a headline writer for the New York Post, can be counted on for gimmicky, easy-to-digest parodies that reduce people to singular patches...
How covering undocumented immigrants changed my standards for journalism
This winter, I drove to LaGrange, Georgia, to report on a policy that makes it impossible for residents without Social Security numbers and government-issued identification to get water service for their homes. LaGrange, a small city, may be best known in other parts of the country for an apology, offered by its police chief in...
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Facebook appears to be mounting something of a charm offensive lately. A commitment to fund journalism to the tune of about $300 million over the next three years was followed on Saturday by an op-ed from CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The Washington Post suggesting ways in which the giant social network could (and should) be...
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