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High school students of various ethnicities sit around a table, discussing. A blue filter is placed over the photo excepting the people, who are highlighted with iconography outlined in light blue and orange including lightbulbs, houses, and checkmarks.
Students plugging local news gaps isn’t sustainable for students, communities, or journalism
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Civic Media Series
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December 3, 2025

Carla Murphy on how expecting college students to “fill the gap” in local news without addressing institutional power may reify inequities. 

A majority Black crowd gathers at the Black Dot cafe. The interior is decorated with several posters, a tapestry of dancers, and the Cameroon flag.
NABJ’s Trump panel diminished, disrespected the legacy and audience of the Black press
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Commentary
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August 27, 2024

By selecting no moderators from the Black press to interview Trump, the largest gathering of Black journalists in the nation chose a mainstream, majority-white audience over Black communities.