The Collective was the nonprofit Poynter Institute’s twice-monthly newsletter for journalists of color by journalists of color.

The Collective launched in 2021 thanks in part to support from the TEGNA Foundation. Poynter featured more than two dozen journalists’ voices in two years, with work experience spanning from journalism student to retiree. The Council of Truth-Tellers offered advice about how to coach white managers to offer support, on whether journalists can be activists and regarding whose responsibility it is to carry out DEI goals. Poynter sent the last edition of the newsletter in December 2022, and Poynter is committed to continuing to elevate BIPOC voices. Please send pitches to diversity@poynter.org, and check out Poynter’s current newsletters here.

The Collective archives:

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Doris Truong

Clockwise from top left: Dacia Mitchell, Hartzell Gray, Fernanda Santos, Corey Johnson, Sabrina Herrera, Daniela Allee, Carla Murphy and Anita Varma.

Doris Truong

Leslie Rangel in 2016, reporting on former President Barack Obama's arrival at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas for a memorial service honoring the Dallas police officers killed in a mass shooting that July. (Courtesy: Leslie Rangel)

Leslie Rangel

Feeling safe to speak up or share ideas in your newsroom is important to an inclusive work culture. (Tonl.co)

Pauline Chiou

Clockwise from left: the AAJA opening reception, an NABJ-NAHJ reception hosted by TEGNA, the staff of Indian Country Today at off-site NAJA social. (Photos: Doris Truong)

Doris Truong

(Courtesy: Global Press Journal)

Terry Aguayo

Attendees of the Electronic Entertainment Expo crowd around a booth for "Call of Duty: Black Ops." (Shutterstock)

Jamal Michel

The cover of "Seen, Heard & Paid" by Alan Henry, which publishes June 7. (Courtesy: Rodale Books)

Alan Henry

A stock image of a woman and two children looking at a laptop. (Tonl)

Omar Gallaga

The author began full-time freelancing last summer. (Courtesy: Clifton Garmon)

Joshua Mackey

The author joins Roger Mendez, known as El Chivo, for a Facebook Live video. Mendez is an Austin influencer whose nearly 50,000 followers speak Spanish. (Austin American-Statesman photo/Briana Sanchez)

Natalia Contreras

(Shutterstock)

Lam Thuy Vo

Document your worth to be able to show your cards later. (Tonl.co)

Lakshmi Sarah

(Shutterstock)

Marquita Brown

Authors Jayrol San Jose, left, and Ben Camacho on May 6 in La Habra, California. (Courtesy: Rodrigo Magaña)

Ben Camacho

(Jayden Simelda-Longe/Poynter)

Doris Truong

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Poynter Staff

(Jayden Simelda-Longe/Poynter)

Stephanie Claytor

(Jayden Simelda-Longe/Poynter)

Zainab Iqbal

(Courtesy: Juan Michael Porter II)

Juan Michael Porter II

An illustration that shows a microphone being passed to a hand, a ladder, money being exchanged, feet in a door, a person waving on a laptop screen and steps

Doris Truong

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Doris Truong

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Doris Truong

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