I’m seeing talented colleagues step up to lead change in their newsrooms. And they’re doing it not at a deeper level than when I first started in this profession.
Posts in the world category:
“And I thought, ‘If they could only treat us and think of us the same way they do their animals … ‘ Instead, they treat us like terrorists and they think of us as bad people.”
Two brothers who spent 14 years apart sit at a kitchen table in a mobile home outside of Minneapolis. The elder one, David, looks around at the freshly painted blue walls with pride. He’s adding new window frames, flooring and appliances bit by bit to make a home for his family. David left El Salvador […]
Can’t say it enough: Crossing the border to seek asylum is not illegal
After Vice President Mike Pence made remarks in meeting with leaders of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, I tried to clarify something on Twitter about what he said. It seems to have struck a chord — or a nerve — with many people. Can’t say it enough, even for those who discourage dangerous migrations: It’s […]
Covering immigration: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
I’ve spent the last three years, in my position as a senior editor for Global Nation, PRI’s The World’s immigration desk, developing training material for our contributors (and amazing group of dedicated reporters — check out their work) and for reporters around the country to be able to better cover the United States’ large and […]
Lives on the Line: Caring for Displaced People
I was honored to help craft and lead this conversations with health care providers and a journalist about what matters most to people fleeing conflicts. I learned from the panelists, and hope you can too. The event was hosted by Doctors Without Borders at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and was streamed online to […]
An immigration data workshop at Investigative Reporters and Editors
There are some 320 million people in the US. 43 million of them were born abroad. About 11 million people are undocumented and over 5.1 million children have one or more undocumented parent. 860,000 people have applied for temporary legal status because they were brought to the US without proper documentation as children. Over 500,000 […]
You for Me for You: Discuss
Radio host Julia Nekessa Opoti and I will be in discussion with the cast and director of “You for Me for You” after the Feb. 27, 7pm performance at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. More information and a link to tickets here. This one’s got some great hosts: The Guthrie, Mu […]
Personalities in the #IranDeal
The historic agreement with Iran announced Tuesday took 20 months of talks and involved many players. Sure, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played a central role, but there were many others who really made the deal come together. Iran agreed to reduce its nuclear capability for the next 10 years in […]
Are volunteer programs empowering — or exploitative?
Giving time to a cause you believe in can be extremely rewarding. As Demba Kandeh, a volunteer worker in the Gambia, explained, “Volunteering is a beautiful thing.” But when do volunteer programs empower and when do they exploit? Does building this kind of workforce benefit communities? Would essential services simply not be provided if it […]