On this episode, Mark talked to Ashton Lattimore, editor-in-chief of Prism, whose editorial goal is to center the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media and treat Black, Indigenous, People of Color, women, the LGBTQ+ community and other invisibilized groups as experts on their lived experiences, resilience, and fight for justice.
Ashton talked about what it was like to try to write an editorial
the week of the presidential election, provided examples of the kinds of
stories that Prism covers in the areas of immigration, politics, and racial justice. She also explained how the site covers culture and celebrates triumph.
Lastly, Ashton picked 2 journalism organizations to salute and
offered advice to people who venture back and forth between journalism and other careers, as she did.
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Links
Prism website
Prism Twitter
Ashton Lattimore Twitter
Carolyn Copeland’s article on Betsy Devos’ successor
Tina Vasquez’s story on Who Built the Cages
Prism’s story on brASS Burlesque
Ashton’s recent article on Poynter
Longtime Radio Reporter Richard Davies: "How Do We Fix It?"
Carrington Tatum, Reporter - MLK50 Memphis
Journalism Documentary Filmmaker Don Colacino (Trusted Sources)
Ashleigh Fields, Editor-in-Chief of The Hilltop (Howard University)
Russell Midori: TV Field Producer, Co-Founder: Military Veterans In Journalism
April Alonso of the Award-Winning Cicero Independiente
Bradford William Davis, Investigative Writer, Insider (formerly NY Daily News)
Alex Coffey, Sports Enterprise Writer
Music Journalist: Ken Partridge on Writing A Book (Hell of a Hat)
David Cutler: Teacher & Executive Director of the Private School Journalism Association
César Rodríguez, Photojournalist - The GroundTruth Project
Farnoush Amiri of the Associated Press, Report for America
Adam Rhodes, Chicago Reader, NLGJA Chicago
Photojournalist Aryana Noroozi of The GroundTruth Project and Pulitzer Center
Sean Lahman on Data-Driven & Watchdog Reporting at The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
REAIR: Allison Augustyn of InvestigateWest
Mona Holmes of Eater LA - Food Journalism is About People Too
REAIR: What is Dialogue Journalism? Eve Pearlman of Spaceship Media
Carol Robidoux: Manchester Ink Link & a Lesson in Entrepreneurial Journalism
Aaron Elson: On Copy Editing & World War II Oral History
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