Buenos días! Powerful dialogue w/ #DecoloniseTheNews: Confronting Journalism’s Role in Systemic Racism. Gracias @hannah_ajala w/ @weblackjournos, @TVMarv,
@reynoldspost w/ @MaynardInst for speaking truth to real change for equity, inclusion. Grateful for an ally in @katieoc!

https://twitter.com/katieoc/status/1301517771864305665
@reynoldspost w/ @MaynardInst for speaking truth to real change for equity, inclusion. Grateful for an ally in @katieoc!



Processing lessons in #DecoloniseTheNews dialogue. Started tearing up in first minutes. Thankful speakers started w/harm systemic racism inflicts on communities of color & on BIPOC journalists' careers, mental health. Be part of healing/equity/inclusion: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/decolonising-news
Thoughts to carry as I start my day w/a story I care deeply about. @reynoldspost: "We say we hold truth to power." But what of our own journalism institutions? Do we actually say systems as it exists for journalists/communities of color "need to be dismantled?" #DecoloniseTheNews
This one hit hard for many of us:
@hannah_ajalaa: "A lot of the times you're the only one, so there’s a lot of pressure on you have to fight a lot harder than your white counterpart to be heard." #DecoloniseTheNews






Moderator @ShirishMM asked about mid-career BIPOC journalists leaving newsrooms in pain, seeing no real efforts at retention and no pipeline to promotion and opportunities. "I do feel damaged by newsroom experiences." #DecoloniseTheNews

#DecolonisetheNews



@ShirishMM: We must "make it a safe space for those young people. If you don’t, you're not just letting us down ... you're letting society down."

