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‘Are you calling me a racist?’ Umm, no, it’s not about you

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A map depicting the most prominent publications owned by Gannett (in blue) and GateHouse (in black). (Ren LaForme/Google Maps)

How a GateHouse-Gannett merger would work

Alexandra Zayas, the award-winning investigative reporter and senior editor at ProPublica, works at her desk in New York. (Sara O'Brien)

‘Curiosity and drive’: Guiding reporters and editors toward excellent investigations

A Q&A with ProPublica senior editor and News University instructor Alexandra Zayas
When you turn insecurity into a source of strength, it’s fun to flex your muscles. (Shutterstock/Sara O’Brien)

How to own a big job at a young age

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Larrison Campbell, a reporter for Mississippi Today (left, courtesy), and Robert Foster, a first-term Republican Mississippi state representative who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

‘Bring a male colleague along’: The controversy between a Mississippi reporter and candidate for governor

President Barack Obama tours a steel manufacturing plant in Youngstown, Ohio, in 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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