This is a short note to tackle something head on that I’ve been having sideways conversations about for a few months. It’s a very “inside-journalism” subject, so please forgive me if you aren’t in the media. Hopefully, this is still interesting and applicable to your industry. Many of my colleagues have asked to know more […]
Help! I need an editor!
I’m at the Collaborative Journalism Summit in Philadelphia and Darryl Holliday of City Bureau is articulating something really important: Journalism organizations need to equip people in some way. They need to equip people to take action, to tell their own stories, to participate in democracy. Read Darryl’s talk here. It’s a really beautiful way to […]
That time I was interviewed about Shah Rukh Khan…
Ada Tseng and Brian Hu asked me to join them for the first episode of season six of their amazing Saturday School Podcast. To talk about something I kind of dislike.
It’s 2019 — time for leaders to step up in news
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.
“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 […]