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James Salanga

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Jenny Dorsey, an Asian woman, sits cross-legged on the counter of an empty kitchen and smiles.
Q&A: Jenny Dorsey of Studio ATAO

A conversation about tokenism in food media, the importance of disrupting it, and what food media might look like in the future.

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Social media monitoring at the Dallas Morning News?

Social media policies are shaped by generational expectations of journalism and professionalism, ideas which often chafe against the same expectation from employers to develop relationships with sources and communities by being oneself on social media. 

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Which audiences “matter”?

Issue 61: What a recent decision at the Dallas Morning News says about who gets to read the news.

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Q&A: Karen Yin

Using “conscious language” to improve accuracy and support equity.

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More layoffs

Issue 60: Ways to help and resources for workers.

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The Front Page: What we read this year

Issue 58: Some of our favorite media criticism of 2022.

Holly Piepenburg
Q&A: Holly Rosewood

How studying history in college influenced her perception of journalism and how newsrooms have stumbled in covering rural communities.

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Q&A: Kam Burns
Headshot of Jamal Rayyis. He wear a blazer over a collared shirt and sits in front of a corner bookshelf.
Q&A: Jamal Rayyis
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Q&A: Francisco Vara-Orta

IRE’s first director of diversity and inclusion talks about sustainable progress and evolving attitudes in journalism.