Q&A

Interviews with journalists (and non-journalists) that challenge journalism to be better.

Karen Attiah, a Black woman with relaxed hair swept over her shoulder, is smiling and looking away from the camera. She is wearing a black blazer and top and sitting in front of a laptop. Behind her sits a banner for Attiah's Resistance Studies Series, with an upraised fist that says Resistance.

Q&A: Karen Attiah says her firing shows mainstream media still fails at talking about race

Karen Attiah, former long-time Washington Post opinion columnist and editor, sat down to talk about objectivity, “Democracy Dies in Darkness", Black representation in news, and more.

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Q&A: Autonomy News wants to cover bodily autonomy as a human right

Garnet Henderson and Susan Rinkunas, co-founders of the worker-owned reproductive justice outlet, on their new newsroom and what covering reproductive justice looks like in this particular moment.

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Q&A: Guide for Reporting on Disabled Communities

Ericka A. Dixon and Sebastian Margaret, senior national organizers with The Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, on crafting a guide for better reporting on disability focused on those most at the margins.

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Q&A: Communities Beyond Elections

Da’Shaun Harrison and Lara Witt, both involved in co-founding the Movement Media Alliance, spoke about movement journalism, decentering politicians, and what it would take for newsrooms to shift their election coverage.

Lucy Flores, a Latina woman with brunette hair and blonde highlights, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a denim jacket in her headshot. The logo of the Latino Media Consortium is placed next to her.
Q&A: Lucy Flores on the Latino Media Consortium

The consortium co-founder, Luz Media publisher, and former Nevada state assemblymember talked with The Objective about the dire lack of support for Latino media in the U.S., the importance of a robust Latino media ecosystem to a democracy, and more.

The logo of The 51st — the shape of Washington, D.C. colored black with "The 51st" laid over it, with the Potomac River running halfway between the 5 and 1 — sits on top of a slightly faded photo of the six co-founders of The 51st. They are sitting outside around a table. From top left clockwise: Natalie Delgadillo, Abigail Higgins, Colleen Grablick, Maddie Poore, Eric Falquero, and Teresa Frontado.
Q&A: The 51st aims to replace DCist with something totally new

Colleen Grablick and Abigail Higgins, two of the D.C. newsroom’s six co-founders, on building a worker-led newsroom cooperative, filling coverage gaps, and D.C. pride.

Q&A: Kate Cagle

The Spectrum News 1 anchor discusses the structural issues within TV journalism and challenging power in Los Angeles.

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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.

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Q&A: Alan Chazaro of KQED’s ¡Hella Hungry!

Poet, educator and ¡Hella Hungry! creator Alan Chazaro reflects on coming to food writing as someone from outside the institution of traditional journalism, telling human stories through food and more.

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Q&A: Emily Ramshaw of The 19th*

A Democracy Day Q&A with Emily Ramshaw, the CEO and co-founder of The 19th*.