On this episode, we’re joined by Erin Reed. Erin is an independent journalist. She covers transgender issues and anti-transgender legislation for her newsletter, Erin in the Morning, available on Substack. She also does video pieces on Instagram and TikTok. Erin is transgender and uses the pronouns she/her.
Erin explained her entry into journalism, what it’s like to cover and track anti-transgender legislation across the country. She told us about the stories she’s most proud of, ranging from a rebuttal of an erroneous New York Times piece that got more than 4 million pageviews to a personal story about her engagement to Montana state representative Zooey Zephyr (who is also transgender. And she shared the names of other people doing a good job covering transgender issues.
Erin’s salutes: Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media and Karleigh Webb of Outsports, as well as the Trans Journalists Association.
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Nick Hirshon, Guest Editor, American Journalism
Cyd Zeigler, Co-Founder, Outsports.com
Trân Nguyễn , San Jose Spotlight
Alissa Quart, Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Donnell Suggs, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlanta Volce
Wesley Early, Reporter: Alaska Public Media
Jane Wolfe, Author- Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer
Ben Welsh, Visiting Senior Data Journalist at Stanford University
John Vitti: Multi-Platform Sports Editor, Teacher, Founder: Headliners in Education
Alexis Terrazas, Editor-In-Chief, El Tecolote
Katie Hawkins-Gaar: Digital Women Leaders; My Sweet Dumb Brain
Ahmed Ahmed, Nevada Student Journalist of the Year
Anushka De, National Student Journalist of the Year
Erin Perry, Managing Editor of Outlier Media
Mariel Padilla, General Assignment Reporter: The 19th
Nicole Neroulias Gupte, Global Press Journal; Trailing-Spouse.com
James Queally, Crime & Police Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Javeria Salman, Digital News Producer, Staff Writer: The Hechinger Report
Aneri Pattani, Reporter: Kaiser Health News
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