The Front Page

The Front Page is our longest running newsletter, providing analysis and context for how journalism is shifting in the U.S.

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The Front Page: The case for media reparations 

Issue 09: Media 2070, an overdue apology, and a few union wins.

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The Front Page: Changing of the Guard?

Issue 8: Public radio and updates from the bargaining table.

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The Front Page: Diversity on the back burner

Issue 07: Diversity pledges are put on the back burner, The Atlantic maximizes harm, and writers reveal problems at Chicago magazine.

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The Front Page: Journalist-involved racism

Issue 06: Officer involved shootings don’t exist and student journalists are doing the work to hold their campuses accountable on COVID-19.

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The Front Page: “Racism Exists At St. Louis Public Radio”

Issue 05: An exodus at St. Louis Public Radio, a failure to cover Kamala Harris with nuance, and WAMU’s executive editor resigns. 

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The Front Page: Our demands

Issue 04: Journalists of color at The Star Tribune demand changes, the capital W at the Washington Post, and a bit about media unions.

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The Front Page: A closed letter

Issue 03: G/O Media fires a staffer because of the clothing they wore, a response to Harper's Letter, and layoffs at Vox. 

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The Front Page: Your WHAT is clean?

Issue 02: An older white editor lashes out at his staff in two different newsrooms, TJA, and a Q&A with the creator of the Diversity Style Guide. 

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The Front Page: WaPo, NYT want to talk about diversity