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    The empathetic newsroom: How journalists can better cover neglected communities

    Medicine came to the realization some years ago: Being a good doctor requires more than knowing science. The best doctors also understand their patients. As [...]

    April 26, 2018
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    Appendix: Empathy tips for journalists

    Here are some tips for reporters, photojournalists and videographers on how to incorporate empathy in your work: Spend time researching an unfamiliar community before you [...]

    April 26, 2018
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    How to create a newsroom culture that supports empathy

    Empathetic journalism can build bridges to communities, but without lasting changes in coverage, an act of empathy can become another instance of parachute journalism. This [...]

    April 26, 2018
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    How to build empathy into reporting

    Empathy should be a newsroom-wide value, but it starts with reporters because they deal with people in the community every day. No matter a reporter’s [...]

    April 26, 2018
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    How to manage dissenting rhetoric

    Refugee and immigrant-related issues tend to be politically charged, and some audience members are very adamant about sharing their oppositional views. Keeping these voices — [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    Sharing compelling refugee community stories

    One of the main goals of this project is to help reporters tell multifaceted and moving stories about refugees, so storytelling is at the heart [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    Building relationships with refugee communities

    Local refugee communities may not be widely visible to the larger population in some areas, but there are a number of ways to effectively establish [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    Determining newsroom coverage style and practices

    Deciding how to cover refugee issues will be different for every organization. Newsrooms vary widely in size, structure and audiences, and the journalists interviewed for [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    How to cover local refugee communities: Strategies for newsrooms and reporters

    The word “refugee” evokes a certain image: people fleeing persecution or war-torn areas, living under harsh refugee camp conditions, starting a new life in a [...]

    December 18, 2017
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    Family Ties: What sister publications can teach us about collaborations between ethnic and mainstream media

    Three years after Miami elected its first Latino mayor, the Miami Herald launched a Spanish-language insert in an effort to attract the influx of Cuban [...]

    December 12, 2017
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