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Omar Rashad

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An illustration with line sketches of Palestinian buildings falling surrounded by clouds of smoke. A transparent overlay of news logos, including AOL, NBC, NPR, and ABC News is placed atop the buildings.
Q&A: Yousef Munayyer on Western media’s complicity in Israel’s occupation of Palestine

Double standards are at the heart of lopsided news coverage unlikely to center Palestinian experiences under an apartheid regime.

A stack of The San Diego Union-Tribune newspapers is displayed at a Circle K gas station in Chula Vista, California.
‘This is the Boogeyman’: San Diego Union-Tribune staff devastated by sale to hedge-fund-owned media group

The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know what's ahead: staff reductions.

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Journalism’s influential awards lack diverse judges
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How the journalism industry’s elitism locks out folks from underrepresented backgrounds

When a journalism executive suggested I could have gotten an internship if I wasn’t attending a community college, he perpetuated systemic barriers.