The horrors and traumas keep repeating. 

And a lot of people, including the people who cover the news, keep showing us what’s happening, helping us imagine the unimaginable and fighting for answers.   

This week, I want to use this newsletter to remind you that those people and places need support. Sharing their work is good. Supporting it is better.  

Last month, after another horror, my colleague Doris Truong wrote about how to start being a better ally. This section stuck with me: 

“Donating — time or money — to a trustworthy cause is an actionable way to make a difference. You can give money anonymously if you truly want to help without claiming credit.”

Here are some ways to do that:

Support journalists 

Donate to IWMF’s Black Journalist Therapy Relief Fund

Donate to the Ida B. Wells Society 

Donate to the National Association of Black Journalists 

Donate to the Local Media Association’s Fund for Black Journalism

Donate to the AAPI Journalists Therapy Relief Fund

Donate to the Asian American Journalists Association

Support newsrooms in Minneapolis

Donate or subscribe to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Donate to the Sahan Journal

Donate to Minnesota Public Radio

Subscribe to The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune 

Donate to MinnPost

Hire journalists who live there

Find someone through Writers of Color

While you’re here:

• Hear how Minneapolis’ Black newspaper, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, is covering Derek Chauvin’s trial. 
   
• See what happened when WSOC in Charlotte went in-depth on affordable housing.
   
• Check out this webinar for local journalists from the Council on Foreign Relations. School Policy Decisions During COVID-19 will take place today at 1 p.m. Eastern.
   
• Read Yvonne Leow for RJI on what newsrooms can learn from creator culture.
   
• Oklahoma Media Center, a collaborative of newsrooms, is covering tribal sovereignty with a new project.
   
• Listen to LION Publisher’s podcast (hosted by Outlier's Candice Fortman) on how Block Club Chicago made a lot of money from the story of a stray alligator.
   
• This famous HGTV couple just bought the ultimate fixer-upper: a newspaper building.
   
• Check out Some Personal News, a new series from my colleagues Angela Fu, Amaris Castillo and me that tells the stories of people who were laid off or left the news during the pandemic, starting with David, Dynahlee and Marchel.
   
• This week for the Tampa Bay Times, I wrote about the concert pianist next door.

That’s it for me, turn off your phone when you can,

Kristen