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Claire Carlson

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Anti-ICE messages on five cardboard signs line the fence of a house, reading: Immigrants Built America, GTFO ICE! Ur killers. ICE Kills. ICE Out. Fuck this shit.
As ICE agents flood Minnesota, local reporters say national news misses the mark

Recent New York Times reporting on a Minnesota scandal may have cast unwelcome attention to the state’s Somali community, but it isn’t the first time national journalists haven’t captured the full scope of Minnesota’s local stories.

An illustration of a home on fire, with the assumed resident of the home looking on while reporters focus only on the fire.
How journalism fails small towns during (and after) wildfire season

Journalists need to keep a close eye on these stories long after the flames go out because for so many, the flames never really do.