Race and Reporting: After Matter, Tips and Comments
Here are a few things left in the notebook from Institute for Justice and Journalism’s…
September 26, 2005
Blogging The Seminars
Journalism, Race and Katrina: Connecting the Dots
From Tim Porter: That the U.S. news media was under-reporting the extent of poverty in…
September 23, 2005
When Journalism Meets Advocacy
From Claudia Meléndez Salinas: Sally (Lehrman) makes a very good point when she implies that…
September 22, 2005
One Neighborhood, Many Stories
From Tim Porter: Massachusetts Avenue connects the ivied walls of Harvard to the gates of…
September 22, 2005
Race, Class and Katrina Webcast
From Steve Montiel: Two discussions today on "Race, Class and Katrina" will be webcast as…
September 22, 2005
Collision with Complexity
From Keith Woods: We watched the movie "Crash" last night as part of our larger…
September 22, 2005
Good Quotes, Better Lessons
From Tim Porter: Journalists receive less training than their peers in any other profession, due…
September 22, 2005
Covering Race — or Covering It Up?
From Sally Lehrman: Listening to the discussion about the biological non-reality of race (led by…
September 21, 2005
Reporting on Race and Health
From Tim Porter: First some data: About 17.5 percent of American adults don’t have health…
September 21, 2005
Is ‘Minority’ Still a Valid Term?
From Heidi Pickman: After hearing this morning from the IJJ fellows how issues of race…
September 20, 2005
Journalism Reconnected
From Tim Porter: Mary Curtis, executive features editor and features columnist at The Charlotte (N.C.)…
September 19, 2005
The Eye of the Hurricane
From Steve Montiel: Hurricane Katrina forced us to see injustice through the lenses of race…
September 19, 2005
Covering News of Race in a New World
From Victor Merina: The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath have rekindled a…
September 19, 2005
Reporting on Race Participants
More than two dozen journalists – reporters, editors, broadcasters and a photographer – are participating…
September 18, 2005
A Conversation Begins
From Keith Woods: The 2005 Poynter “Racers,” so-named by the first “Writing About Race” group…
September 18, 2005