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Annie Mercado, 62, and Rafael Torres, 71, help their grandson, Yonatan Elí García, 10, bathe outside an encampment next to the 166 road in Guánica, Puerto Rico on Jan. 8, 2020. They have been staying in the area since the island was hit with a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Jan. 7, the second major shake that week, leaving significant structural damage throughout the south. Photo: Erika P. Rodriguez
January 17, 2023
RJI Fellows stories

Reporting in environmental disasters

Community support, communication, and planning are your most important safety tools.

Broken, static TV
December 19, 2022
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TV reporters open up about covering trauma

The comments and anecdotes shine a spotlight on mental health issues.

In June 2020, a group of about 250 activists attempted to topple the Andrew Jackson statue in front of the White House. Photo: Jen Byers
December 14, 2022
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Reporting in spaces of civil unrest

How your approach to public engagement impacts your safety profile.

Security training facilitator Rosem Morton leads a first aid scenario during a Sept. 2022 HEFAT offered by IWMF in Los Angeles whose participants were primarily women and nonbinary journalists of color. Photo: Tara Pixley
December 6, 2022
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Resourcing the most marginalized journalists

Why we need identity-aware safety and security training.

New Orleans City Park. Photo: Cristina Mislán
December 1, 2022
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Solidarity journalism: An alternative practice

In coverage during and after climate and environmental disasters, stories tend to feature villains, protagonists, apocalyptic narratives and chaos. Catastrophe becomes the lens through which we see the community. But there is another way

CMIC | College Media Innovation Coalition
October 24, 2022
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Students should lead innovation in the journalism industry

Introducing the College Media Innovation Coalition, a resource for student-led newsrooms to collaborate and communicate.

Photo: Andrew Neel | Unsplash
October 20, 2022
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The majority of Americans say they do not know a Muslim

The need to develop a Muslim media toolkit.

A cemetery sandwiched between two refineries in St. James, Louisiana. Photo: Cristina Mislán
October 19, 2022
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Where public history meets journalism

We can and should grant people agency in our stories.

Crow tribal members Jay Harris, Rose Real Bird, Luella Brien and Olivia WIlliamson participate in a panel discussion at the Opening of the Apsaalooké Women and Warriors exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies.
October 12, 2022
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Founding Four Points

A community centered newsroom on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana.

Brandon Silvers (right) and John Wilson (left), director of community engagement for Charleston Batter, discuss sports at a live recording of Beyond the Arc with Brandon Silvers, at The Alley Charleston, a local food and entertainment venue. Photo: Fernando Soto | TPB
October 6, 2022
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The People’s Beat: Finding the right pace as a startup newsroom

Diversifying tasks and coverage while finding solutions to the challenges of being a startup led by people of color.

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