This spring, The Gazette in Cedar Rapids revamped its policy for online comments. Should the Press Citizen and other local media outlets do the same? Continue reading
Category Archives: Race
I’m from “here”: What do geographic identifiers mean?
Has geographic location become the new racial identifier? Take a look at this story.
Why we want to kill baby killers
Baby killer acquitted.
This could easily have been the headline to the coverage of a Florida mother accused – and acquitted – of killing her 2-year-old daughter this week. Continue reading
Reading about news (and you can, too!)
Normally, I hate when people give book recommendations. But, after a great conversation with a local reporter today, I thought it might help if I present some conceptual work that can help us explore the meanings of news – especially because not all of us are crazy enough to study this stuff in school. Continue reading
Good news for Latinos. What about Blacks?
West Liberty, which is near Iowa City, has become a minority majority town. And now, its news about Latinos v. news about Blacks. Continue reading