The pandemic and racial justice movement are exposing underlying problems in journalism — but accelerating their solutions as well.

August 2020
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** Is Movement Journalism What’s Needed During this Reckoning over Race and Inequality? ([link removed])
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A movement journalist examines what it means to engage with communities and challenge the status quo. Read the story ([link removed]) .


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In her piece on movement journalism ([link removed]) , Tina Vasquez reports on this evolving strand of reporting, which aims to produce community-focused, solutions-based stories, but she also writes about writing the piece itself. She struggled with the assignment for months, in part because of how it intersects with her own experiences as a journalist of color navigating toxic newsrooms and in part because of the overwhelming task of trying to define an emerging form.

These two challenges feel like journalism’s challenges, too, as our industry grapples with this moment of racial reckoning in newsrooms, and as we collectively try to define what journalism can and should be in a period of political, social, financial and technological tumult.

The stories we’re sharing seek to address some of these challenges:
* If protests in support of Black Lives Matter are to be accurately portrayed, visual journalism must stop privileging conflict ([link removed]) over collaboration and community.
* As disinformation campaigns target the November vote, when is it responsible to use material from hack-and-leak operations ([link removed]) ?
* Why and how the historically competitive media culture is becoming more collaborative ([link removed]) .

These stories show how the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice movement are exposing underlying problems in journalism but accelerating their solutions as well.

Sincerely,

James Geary
Editor, Nieman Reports
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** “Collaboration is the Future of Journalism” ([link removed])
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To meet the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice movement, the historically competitive media culture is becoming more collaborative.
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** As the November Election Approaches, Are Newsrooms Ready for Guccifer 3.0? ([link removed])
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Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation campaigns are targeting the November vote. Journalists need to figure out how to responsibly handle hack-and-leak operations like those that marred the 2016 ballot. Read more ([link removed])

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** In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’ ([link removed])
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Dear Journalism: If visual journalists privilege conflict over collaboration and community, we fail in our duties as witness, truthful storyteller, and concerned citizen.
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Extraordinary access: A reporter follows a police officer on a mental health call ([link removed])
Hannah Dreier of the Washington Post reveals the complexity of policing in her narrative of an officer, a troubled woman, a gun, and cell phone cameras.

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Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than ever. What gives? ([link removed])
This year, for the first time, NPR will make more money from underwriting on podcasts than on its radio shows.

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