Why race will continue to vex American newsrooms

Posted on AllSides June 22nd, 2020
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ALEXIS JOHNSON, one of the few black journalists on the staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was barred from covering the protests against racist policing on June 1st because editors claimed that she had displayed bias. Her offence? Firing off a sardonic tweet comparing the aftermath of looting to that of a tailgate gathering outside a country-music concert. Outrage mounted when colleagues who rallied to her side—including Michael Santiago, a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist—were deemed ineligible to cover the protests, too. Mr Santiago has since taken a severance payment and left. Ms...

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https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/22/why-race-will-continue-to-vex-american-newsrooms

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