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How to speak up about microaggressions in the newsroom

Sometimes protecting yourself means not speaking up

January 18, 2022

Alex Sujong Laughlin

I’m not mad about Ben Smith; I’m mad at all of this

Or, what happens when you aren’t Captain America.

January 5, 2022

Alex Sujong Laughlin

When writing about race, abuse follows. Especially for journalists of color and women.

It leaves reporters in a no-win situation: Either write about important subjects and face hate, or leave crucial subjects unexplored.

March 12, 2021

This Texas newsroom has a new Indigenous affairs reporter who never planned to work for mainstream news

The Texas Observer does fearless work, said Pauly Denetclaw, who started in September

October 22, 2020

Passion and persistence drive Nikole Hannah-Jones, a newly minted MacArthur genius

As a black journalist who writes about race and school segregation, Nikole Hannah-Jones has faced pushback…

October 13, 2017

The New York Times has created a newsroom-wide team for covering race

More than a decade ago, The New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for "How…

August 22, 2016

Benjamin Mullin