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Suspect Fatally Shot at Discovery Building

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

"I'm locked in," says TV One's Johnathan Rodgers, across the street; Jason Whitlock seals deal with FoxSports.com; first significant decline in illegal immigrants in 20 years; FAIR says media didn't ask right questions after beating; Wilkerson praised for 15-year project on Great Migration; pediatricians urged to confront media on sexual messages (9/1/10)

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Mind the Gap

Alex Gronke

August 27, 2010

Reporters are growing all too familiar with the yearly line from the State Superintendent of Education. Sometime in the middle of August when California announces test scores, school chief Jack O’Connell issues a press release applauding the modest year over year gains made by the state’s public school students.

from Dori Maynard

Nelson Mandela and the Gift of Hope

Somewhere in my house are several copies of South Africa’s 1994 election ballot. When I bought them, I was seeking more than just a piece of history. I was buying hope because they reminded me that the impossible can be possible if we stay true to our course.

Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices Blog: Part 1

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Oakland Tribune’s Oakland Voices project launched last weekend. I knew the two days straight of training would be intense. I expected the ten people we’d chosen as “community correspondents” to be wholly knackered come Sunday afternoon.

Guest Columnists

Dr. Laura and the Use of the N Word

Justification and motivation are two key ingredients of thorough reporting. The why of an incident can sometimes transcend what has occurred. But journalists have to be careful that the justification doesn’t become a fact when it’s actually a rationalization. Justifications have to be challenged and, if necessary, refuted.

The recent coverage of Dr. Laura’s use of the n-word has lacked this element.

Talking Fault Lines

Join MIJE President Dori J. Maynard and Santa Clara University Knight-Ridder Chair Sally Lehrman as they talk about the tone of the coverage in the aftermath of the Johannes Mehserle verdict.