It was a great lede (or, since some have complained, lead): small town pastoralism meets sexy social media in The New York Times:
Category Archives: Race
What’s with the “what-ifs”?
What if football star Michael Vick was white, not black? What if Princess Di was alive, not dead? Continue reading
Doesn’t matter what we call “them” or “black people”
There’s continued talk about how we refer to members of certain races and ethnicity in the news. But I’m here to say that it doesn’t matter what journalists call black people if they continue to tell the same types of stories about “them.” Continue reading
How to cover race
(Story from In These Times)
What are the meanings (and effects) of color in crime news?
I’m still trying to figure this out, so if you have ideas for answers, please let me know.
I am interested in how news media use color to depict crime. Continue reading