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One campus editor wanted to boost newsroom diversity. Her solution: pay student reporters.

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Why it’s time for media reparations

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‘Troubled,’ ‘impoverished,’ ‘lawless’: How media stereotypes continue to dehumanize Haiti

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Why reporters shouldn’t “stick to sports” when covering the Olympics

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It’s not enough to cover climate change. Reporters must center climate justice.

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Conecta Arizona: How a WhatsApp group redefined journalism on the border

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Trans executive editor Gina Chua says personnel is ‘only halfway’ to true newsroom diversity

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Marty Two Bulls and Lalo Alcaraz didn’t win the Pulitzer. But they don’t draw for the judges.

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Why intersectional reporting can’t ignore people of color with disabilities

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Why ‘culture war’ narratives ignore real impact of anti-trans bills

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How fake news is spreading in immigrant communities online — and how to stop it

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Revisiting Atlanta: Remembering the victims of the spa shootings

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Incarcerated people are telling their own stories more than ever before. It’s about time.

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Why newsrooms must retroactively update bylines for trans reporters

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Why journalists must cover Sikhs — and other marginalized groups — beyond moments of tragedy

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Asian Americans deserve more than tokenization from the media

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It’s time to unleash Latino entrepreneurship

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Cameras after curfew: A reporter’s view of the Daunte Wright protests

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For Many Black Journalists, Watching the Chauvin Trial Brings Pain, Hope

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Let’s Finish What We Started

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