The Challenges Of Journalism
A series of articles that bring awareness to the struggles journalists face in their profession.
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Let Us In: The Issue Of Income Diversity in Journalism
" When we tackle the issue of diversity in journalism, our minds often gravitate toward concerns of race yet the issue of income diversity is often overlooked. Journalism ranks high in the list of the most socially exclusive professions, trailing just behind doctors and lawyers."
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Journalists are not robots: Where does emotion have a place in the world of Journalism?
"Dealing with Israel is like being in a relationship with a narcissistic psychopath. He f*cks you up and then he makes you think that it is your fault": political satirist Bassem Youssef became a viral sensation with his passionate and sarcastic delivery on the Israel-Hamas War on Pierce Morgan’s uncensored capturing audiences around the world.
Youssef and Morgan have us question who is better at their job: the emotion-driven passionate journalist or the journalist that leaves out emotion in favor of neutrality."
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All Time High Media Layoffs Are Endangering The Future Of Journalism
" An anonymous government lawyer, known as @nyttypos on Twitter, has been scrutinizing the New York Times putting out several tweets a day correcting their spelling and grammatical errors. With the decision to eradicate their copy desk in 2017 The Times might have been able to make significant savings yet the question remains at what cost: since the opening of his Twitter account in September 2019, the Pennsylvanian lawyer has made over 115,000 posts."
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Forbidden and Forgotten: How Russian Journalists Keep Fighting for Their Voices
" Award-winning Russian journalist Elena Milashina was brutally assaulted on July 4th, 2023 in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Milashina traveled there to cover the trial of exiled opposition activists who challenged the leader of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. The Pulitzer Prize winner was forced to flee Russia temporarily in February of 2022 when Kadyrov publicly called her a terrorist who needed to be eliminated."