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Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle 

Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle 

by Bridget Rollason | Mar 20, 2023 | Police & Community Tensions, Politics

After years of covering crime as a television journalist, ABC Wisconsin reporter Sarah Thamer found herself struggling to get out of bed and go to work. The tipping point came after someone tried to run her over on live TV in 2020. She was covering the protests that...
Say their names, remember their names

Say their names, remember their names

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | Mar 30, 2022 | Police & Community Tensions, Racial Equity & Police Reform

On my recent nearly 8,000-mile journey from India to the Twin Cities, I attempted a casual viewing of the Netflix original “Two Distant Strangers,” by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, which won last year’s Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. The 32 minutes...

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piyumi_fonseka Piyumi Fonseka @piyumi_fonseka ·
16 Mar

We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
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In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:

https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/

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15 Mar

Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.

https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/

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