Race and the newsroom
From ‘For Trayvon Martin’s case, a long route to national attention’ (NYT):
Notably, many of the national media figures who initially devoted time to the shooting are black, which to some is a case study in the need for diversity in newsrooms. The racial and ethnic makeup of newsrooms, where minorities tend to be underrepresented, has long been a source of tension for the news industry.
And from my now-former cubicle mate’s farewell email last week:
I’m saddened that with my departure the number of African American copy editors here goes down to one.
I don’t really want to get into this too much, but it’s been a sad and difficult week.
Edit: Hey, while Kateoplis has this post tagged in #news, I think I’ll throw it out there that it’d be cool if Tumblr appointed more female and minority #news editors. Just a thought.
Two straight days of confirming with reporters and LAPD officials to compile the data for this.
A chronological map of the string of Southland arson fires over the past several days.
We’ll be updating this as information becomes available.
Authorities have detained a “person of interest” for questioning.
"What did I take away? Just that, unfortunately, my partner and I became exhibit A in a process that I have been warning Americans about since 2007: first they come for the ‘other’ – the ‘terrorist’, the brown person, the Muslim, the outsider; then they come for you – while you are standing on a sidewalk in evening dress, obeying the law."
Naomi Wolf, on getting arrested.
