While diversifying the newsroom, or hiring more journalists of color, is a frequently suggested remedy and a positive first step to better coverage of race and ethnicity issues by mainstream journalists, Sue Robinson said it …
Reflections
Less mainstream media privilege benefits race justice in crime reporting
The way people sound when they speak, chatter, and laugh may lead to discrimination, police investigation. Jennifer Stoever, a media and literature scholar at Binghamton University, called this phenomenon “sonic color-line” in a recent book. …
Conversations on representation can benefit, learn from self-representation
Patty Loew, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, said discussion about how journalism can better represent communities of color often leaves out those who are already using media forms to self-represent. “Mainstream media doesn’t always stop to …
Rewriting history: Anniversary stories, shared memory and minority voices
by Meagan Doll & Steven Wang, CJE fellows “What is often a winner is a story that the audience largely finds familiar with perhaps a palatable twist in it,” Mascall-Dare said. “What I found is …
Activist challenges the newsworthiness of violent police videos
Despite social action spurred by released videos, one activist doesn’t think that footage of violent confrontations between police and citizens is the answer to changing popular culture. Matthew Braunginn, co-founder of the Young Gifted and …