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*.
After pledging “accountability,” Reveal laid off all Black unionized staff
Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changing its ways.
After 2020, Black-led newsrooms ask: Where is the long-term support?
Many Black-led outlets — digital and legacy media alike — are still trying to figure out how to sustain their work.
Business Outsider? Strike publications offer a glimpse of worker-owned media
Amid a resurgence of union activism within digital media companies, striking workers at Business Insider and the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette are starting their own publications to showcase their value.
Where the hell is Africa in food coverage?
Despite the growing popularity of food media in recent years, African stories are sparingly included — leaving media coverage of food history incomplete.
The alternate reality of celebrity chefs
Rarely, aside from sexual assault, overt racism, or in the case of Martha Stewart, insider trading, do celebrity chefs get comeuppance.
“Noodles are tasty”: The economic implications behind race and cultural appropriation in food media
Discussing cultural appreciation and appropriation is also about broader questions of who can get a platform to share food — and who profits.
Urban farms can be a crucial part of food access coverage
But in order to create lasting change, we can't be satisfied with just recognizing the symptoms of an unjust system and responding with patchwork solutions.
New youth-led climate protest group will ‘blockade’ White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Activists with the group Climate Defiance say national media is partly to blame for failing to prioritize climate coverage.
Q&A: Emily Ramshaw of The 19th*
A Democracy Day Q&A with Emily Ramshaw, the CEO and co-founder of The 19th*.
After pledging “accountability,” Reveal laid off all Black unionized staff
Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changing its ways.
After 2020, Black-led newsrooms ask: Where is the long-term support?
Many Black-led outlets — digital and legacy media alike — are still trying to figure out how to sustain their work.
Business Outsider? Strike publications offer a glimpse of worker-owned media
Amid a resurgence of union activism within digital media companies, striking workers at Business Insider and the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette are starting their own publications to showcase their value.
Where the hell is Africa in food coverage?
Despite the growing popularity of food media in recent years, African stories are sparingly included — leaving media coverage of food history incomplete.
The alternate reality of celebrity chefs
Rarely, aside from sexual assault, overt racism, or in the case of Martha Stewart, insider trading, do celebrity chefs get comeuppance.
“Noodles are tasty”: The economic implications behind race and cultural appropriation in food media
Discussing cultural appreciation and appropriation is also about broader questions of who can get a platform to share food — and who profits.
Urban farms can be a crucial part of food access coverage
But in order to create lasting change, we can't be satisfied with just recognizing the symptoms of an unjust system and responding with patchwork solutions.
New youth-led climate protest group will ‘blockade’ White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Activists with the group Climate Defiance say national media is partly to blame for failing to prioritize climate coverage.