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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...

How George Floyd’s murder impacted journalism in the United States

by Fauziyya Tukur | Mar 15, 2023 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism

The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, sparked a national conversation about systemic racism and police brutality in the United States. It also brought many changes to American newsrooms and newsrooms across the world and in essence...
Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?

Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?

by Kourosh Ziabari | Apr 6, 2022 | Immigration, Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform

The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 left an indelible impact on the community of Black Americans, not to mention his family, who will collectively remember the bitter episode with trauma and resentment. But the ensuing Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and the...

Advocacy Journalism: When Journalism Takes A Stand

by Nelly Kalu | Apr 2, 2022 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, New Business Models for Journalism in the Digital Age, Police & Community Tensions

On Oct. 4, 2020, a viral video showed Nigerian police officers assaulting two men, dragging them out of a hotel and killing one. These officers were members of a special unit of the police force, the anti-robbery squad, also called SARS. The men were probably not...
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?
Not much, was their reply.
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16 Mar

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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