Students plugging local news gaps isn’t sustainable for students, communities, or journalism
Carla Murphy on how expecting college students to “fill the gap” in local news without addressing institutional power may reify inequities.
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When we accept that we are powerless, we foreclose our own radical potential. Stories can change that.
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The national media has ignored the South. Now the South’s problems are the nation’s
Oral histories from Southern journalists and authors about the news industry’s geographical bias.
Journalism appropriately covering this political moment needs funding
As efforts to increase newsroom diversity grind to a halt or are reversed, marginalized journalists face new obstacles amid industry cutbacks and right-wing pressure.
Teen Vogue’s loss is an irreplaceable void in teen media
Between fandoms and youth activists, people don’t take teenage girls seriously — but Teen Vogue did.
A letter from the Civic Media Magazine editors
Introducing the digital version of the Civic Media Magazine: The stories here show what’s possible when we reimagine local news not just as something to consume, but as a tool for community action.
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If a source argued that someone doesn’t exist and they do, we would take a picture of that person and run it at the top of the article. So why aren’t journalists quoting trans people about executive orders that challenge our existence?
Journalism as a public good has always been an exception
Misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse means we’ve been mourning a myth and ignoring the radical legacy — and future — of people-powered media.
How does a story go from ‘spreading awareness’ to making concrete change?
Movement journalism needs a theory of change in order to affect policy and practice.