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Unraveling the Protest Paradigm In 2018, Sacramento police shot and killed Stephon Clark, a twenty-two-year-old father of two, in his grandmother’s backyard. Early coverage favored a police statement that claimed Clark “turned and advanced toward the officers,” who “believed the suspect was pointing a firearm at them.” In fact, Clark only had a cellphone. Stories largely identified Clark as a victim of a police shooting, but also emphasized his criminal record, which helped undermine his victimhood. In Sacramento, the local Black Lives Matter chapter called for a transparent investigation and an end to “state-sanctioned violence against Black communities,” and organized public protests that were mirrored in cities around the US. ....
Our old models of journalistic impact need to change Plus: How newsrooms “pressured from the top” cover their corporate bosses, studies of the “Serial effect” in podcasting, and Facebook’s role as an infrastructure for local political information. Jan. 7, 2021, 8:30 a.m. Editor’s note: Longtime Nieman Lab readers know the bylines of Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis. Mark wrote the weekly This Week in Review column for us from 2010 to 2014; Seth’s written for us off and on since 2010. Together they’ve launched a new monthly newsletter on recent academic research around journalism. It’s called RQ1 and we’re happy to bring each issue to you here at Nieman Lab. ....
Is universal background checks. in those states we ve seen adopt them we ve seen a near 50% reduction in gun violence. fewer police officers and sheriff s deputies being shot by them. fewer girlfriends and boyfriends being killed by a loved one. let s at least take that first step and make sure that we protect more lives within our lives. then there are other steps we can take going forward. when we listen to one another, that s what we re doing in this campaign because we have not accepted a single dime from the nra or any other political action committee or special interest, when we listen to each other instead of the special interests, we can lead on the issues that are most important to texas and the country. thank you for your question. this is professor summer harlow with a question about the media. yes. thank you. i m wondering given the anti-media, anti free press rhetoric that is so prevalent right now, what would you do as u.s. senator to ensure that the press is protecte ....