Advice from top Black and Hispanic journalists: 'We trust law enforcement too much'
Few words can capture how devastating it is to have to become skilled at covering mass shootings, but in the absence of federal legislation to ban assault weapons and adopt other common-sense approaches to prevent mass shootings, here we are. On Thursday, the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists held the associations’ annual joint convention, where they devoted a panel to covering mass shootings and their impact on communities of color.
The takeaways were simple: Don’t default to believing everything officials say, and actually empathize with communities. Learn how to pronounce their names. Learn how they refer to their community. Be present.
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