Journalism and COVID-19: Minnesota Newsrooms Affected
The pandemic has devastated an already-struggling news industry. Here are the Minnesota newsrooms that have faced cutbacks as a result of the pandemic. More
Journalism and COVID-19: The Toll of a Pandemic
This project helps us begin to understand the toll of the pandemic on journalism in the United States. More
The PEN Pod: On the Ground in Minneapolis with Julio-César Chávez
“There are risks that we [as journalists] know and accept when we undertake these assignments. . . But there’s protesters that are going through the same things.” More
Local Journalist Heroes: Jeffrey Young
“Just as this epidemic has brought attention to healthcare disparities among Blacks and Latinos, I would like to see coverage on the lack of quality prison healthcare.” More
China’s Sentencing of University of Minnesota Student Violates Free Speech Guarantees
“It is obvious that China is attempting to send a signal with Luo Daiqing’s conviction—they are telling overseas Chinese citizens that there is no place where they are free… More
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The Waukee school district removed three LGBTQ books from the Northwest High School library last week after someone requested a review of their contents, school officials say. https://bit.ly/3jGN4yN
PEN America, alongside 10 other human rights organizations, calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Tawfik Ghanem, who has been arbitrarily detained for 150 days solely because of his media work. https://thefreedomi.org/releases/joint-statement-calls-on-egypt-to-immediately-release-journalist-tawfik-ghanem-after-150-days-in-detention/
Final reading below! Massive thank you to everyone at @PENamerica, the fellows, @jennybhatt, and my mentor Patricia Engel. What an incredible time this has been with the PEN America 2021 Emerging Voices fellowship @pen_ev... https://pen.org/event/2021-emerging-voices-final-reading
