When reporting in rural communities, journalists must “listen and shut up.”
That was the advice of former Native News Online managing editor and author Valerie Vande Panne, a panelist at a session of the recent Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Philadelphia.
(Photo by jen byers) By Jen Byers On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, Georgia State Troopers shot and killed an Indigenous anarchist and forest defender named Tortuguita, who was protesting to stop the construction of a police training facility. Tortuguita was described as “kind,” “fierce” and “attentive to others’ needs.” Over the following weekend, vigils and protests with the cry “Stop Cop City” erupted across the country from Los Angeles to Hamburg to Wet’suwet’en territory and more. In
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