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Building an Audience Beyond Mainstream Media

What It Takes To Be a Successful Freelance Journalist

Journalists Should Focus on What Voters Need to Know

The Growing Need for Indigenous-Language Journalism

The Untapped Potential of Citizen Journalism

Your Early-Career Network Begins in J-School

So You Didn’t Get Hired After Your Internship. Don’t Fret.

Why Journalists Need to Stick With the Maui Story

Stop Asking Women Athletes Insensitive Questions

Why Journalists Need to Connect Extreme Weather to Climate Change

Hip-Hop Journalism Never Played by the Rules. It Doesn’t Mean Standards Aren’t Needed.

A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on Mass Shootings

Always Wanted to Write a Book? Here’s How.

How to Fix the Unpaid, Unfair Barrier to Journalism Jobs

AI Isn’t the End of Journalism

Affirmative Action Has Been Gutted. Here’s What That Means for Students.

How Journalists Can Responsibly Report on Transgender Athletes

Why Young Journalists Are Prioritizing Mental Health Over Ambition

The Future of Digital Media, According to the Women Who Watched It Implode 

‘Crazy,’ ‘Unhinged’ and Other Stigmatizing Words Journalists Should Avoid

Don’t Use ‘Internment’ to Describe Japanese American WWII Camps

How Pacific Islanders Are Forgotten in AAPI Coverage

Build Your Own Personal ‘Board of Directors’

Why the Term ‘Asian American’ Often Isn’t Specific Enough

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