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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…

With Mistrial, Opportunity to Repeat Prior Mistakes A mistrial declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter provided an opportunity for the news media to recycle images of the unrest that followed the April 12 death of Freddie Gray in police custody.  But how true a representation will those images be? …

Mentors, Mentees Follow Kenny Irby to New Program The Poynter Institute is facing a backlash after forcing out Kenny Irby, its only African American faculty member, last month amid financial challenges. Some black community members have objected so much to Poynter’s change in a mentorship program started and run by Irby that by Irby’s count,…

Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Holiday Offerings Our latest list of nonfiction books by journalists of color or those of special interest to them — the first of two — gives us a chance to praise journalists who rocked the world they found, paving the way for journalists who continue the struggle today. Four of these…

HuffPost: Trump Is No Longer Entertainment N.Y. Times Compares Candidate With Past Demagogues “Earlier today, the candidate currently leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination called for a ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,’ ” Arianna Huffington wrote Monday for the Huffington Post. “That was, of course, Donald Trump.…