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Perspectives

Hurricanes Are Pummeling Us. The Media Is Partially To Blame.

How Living Though Hurricane Maria Made Me Value Local Journalism

What the Queen’s Death Can Teach Journalists About Obituaries

The Anxiety – and Reward – of Attending Your First Journalism Conference

Newsrooms Need To Hire More Working-Class Journalists

‘Yes, I Can Be a Gay Man and Report on LGBTQ Rights Fairly’

‘In Pete We Trust’: NBC News’ Pete Williams Looks at the Supreme Court’s Future

First in Minneapolis: NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster remembers covering George Floyd

100 ways Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and allies are fighting hate and violence

What Journalism Students Need to Succeed – Advice from 6 NBCU Academy Embeds

University of Alabama alums help rising tide of diversity at student paper

Theo Henderson is uplifting LA’s ‘unhoused’ community — with his podcast

How are student journalists changing the industry? This newsletter has the latest.

How Atlanta’s oldest Black newspaper covered the Ahmaud Arbery trial

How newspapers came to be written by and for the ‘rich, white and blue’

One in four Americans has a disability. Why are they still underrepresented in news?

Disability isn’t a bad word

In the 20 years since 9/11, U.S. media coverage of Muslims has improved — but not enough

Bilingual student paper aids Latino community underserved by local media

Filmmaker Reimagines How Disability Is Viewed Onscreen

How Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision inspired the Memphis newsroom MLK50

“It’s all about visibility”: How Bianca Xunise and Steenz make their mark on the comics page

The Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship. Their sideline reporter made history.

Few Black, Latinx students are editors of top college newspapers

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