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Many Wish “State of the Union” Addressed Race Issues President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night might have been a vision for the future, an exit interview with the American people or a chance to respond to critics of his presidency, but in some quarters the relevant questions were how much the president…

“Insult to Journalists” to Give Drug Lord Approval “Almost as soon as Rolling Stone’s first scoop of the year, an interview with the Sinaloa Cartel’s bloody kingpin known as ‘El Chapo,’ was published late Saturday night, the critiques began rolling in,” Caitlin Cruz reported Monday for Talking Points Memo. “Chief among them was an ethical…

Melvin Claxton remembers working on an investigation at the Detroit News that landed a finalist spot in the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2003. The News looked at “how the failures of Wayne County law enforcement agencies allowed more than 26,000 fugitives to roam the streets of Detroit with little fear of apprehension. It…

“The gun control measures a tearful President Barack Obama announced Tuesday would not have prevented the slaughters of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, or 14 county workers at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California,” Michael R. Sisak reported Wednesday for the Associated Press. Among other media reactions to the…

Treatment of Armed White Protesters at Issue “The Oregon protest at a federal wildlife refuge has reignited an already intense debate on social media about policing, race and terrorism,” Katie Rogers reported Monday for the New York Times. “On Saturday, an armed group of antigovernment protesters occupied a remote federal wildlife refuge in Oregon and…

Daily News Cover: “He Said-She Said” 55 Times Over “A media throng” followed Bill Cosby on Wednesday as he reported for his arraignment outside Philadelphia on a charge of felony indecent assault, reviving a decade-old allegation that he drugged and sexually attacked a former Temple University employee. No cameras were allowed in the courtroom, but…

A year in the quest for news media that look like America: 1. Police Violence The expanded use of body cameras and dashboard videos gave the public access to footage of police interactions with civilians who in too many instances ended up dead. The footage often contradicted police reports and prompted news organizations to conduct…

Atlanta Reporters Uncover Fate of Victims of Ga. Police “Nearly half the 184 Georgians shot and killed by police since 2010 were unarmed or shot in the back, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Channel 2 Action News investigation has found,” Brad Schrade and Jennifer Peebles reported Monday for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Those findings emerged from the most extensive…

Trump Accepts Russian’s Praise, Says Guilt Not Proved “According to CPJ research, under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Russia has consistently held the dishonorable record of being the worst country in the region of Europe and Central Asia at prosecuting journalists’ killers,” Nina Ognianova, Europe and Central Asia program coordinator for the Committee to…

Our latest list of nonfiction books by journalists of color or those of special interest to them — the second of two — features journalists following their passions, whether delving further into their beats, pursuing an avocation, expanding on an interest kindled at work, seeking more information about why they grew up as they did…