Reporting Inequality: Tools and Methods for Covering Race and Ethnicity
New York; London: Routledge (2019), xii, 299 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 256-278, index
ISBN 978-1-138-84988-4
Signature commbox: 10-Minorities-E 2019
"Under increasingly intense newsroom demands, reporters often find it difficult to cover the complexity of topics that deal with racial and social inequality. This path-breaking book lays out simple, effective reporting strategies that equip journalists to investigate disparity's root causes. Chapters discuss how racially disparate outcomes in health, education, wealth/income, housing, and the criminal justice system are often the result of inequity in opportunity and also provide theoretical frameworks for understanding the roots of racial inequity. Examples of model reporting from ProPublica, the Center for Public Integrity, and the San Jose Mercury News showcase best practice in writing while emphasizing community-based reporting. Throughout the book, tools and practical techniques such as the Fault Lines framework, the Listening Post and the authors' Opportunity Index and Upstream-Downstream Framework all help journalists improve their awareness and coverage of structural inequity at a practical level." (Publisher description)
I. A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR COVERING RACE
1 The Individual in Context / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
2 Structural Racism / Alden Loury
3 The Accumulation and Disaccumulation of Opportunity / Michael Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliot Currie, Troy Duster, David Oppenheimer, Majorie M. Shultz, and David Wellman
4 Examining Implicit Racial Bias in Journalism / Satia A. Marotta, Simon Howard and Samuel R. Sommers
5 The Colorblind Conundrum / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
II. HOW OPPORTUNITY WORKS
6 Reporting the Story Upstream / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
7 The Opportunity Index / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
III. BEST PRACTICES
8 Interviewing Across Difference / Omedi Ochieng
9 Avoiding Stereotypes and Stigma / Sue Ellen Christian
10 Using Fault Lines in Reporting / Marquita S. Smith
11 Building Relationships in Under-covered Communities / Keith Woods
IV. CASE STUDIES
Case Study A. Reporting Opportunity in Health / Sally Lehrman
Case Study B. Sometimes School Segregation Comes From Race Neutral Policies / Venise Wagner
Case Study C. Exploring the Wealth/Income Gap / Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Case Study D. When Housing Separates Us / Nikole Hannah-Jones
Case Study E. Gaps in the Social Safety Net / Karen de Sá
Case Study F. The Path to Legal Status Isn't So Clear Cut / Susan Ferriss
1 The Individual in Context / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
2 Structural Racism / Alden Loury
3 The Accumulation and Disaccumulation of Opportunity / Michael Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliot Currie, Troy Duster, David Oppenheimer, Majorie M. Shultz, and David Wellman
4 Examining Implicit Racial Bias in Journalism / Satia A. Marotta, Simon Howard and Samuel R. Sommers
5 The Colorblind Conundrum / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
II. HOW OPPORTUNITY WORKS
6 Reporting the Story Upstream / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
7 The Opportunity Index / Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner
III. BEST PRACTICES
8 Interviewing Across Difference / Omedi Ochieng
9 Avoiding Stereotypes and Stigma / Sue Ellen Christian
10 Using Fault Lines in Reporting / Marquita S. Smith
11 Building Relationships in Under-covered Communities / Keith Woods
IV. CASE STUDIES
Case Study A. Reporting Opportunity in Health / Sally Lehrman
Case Study B. Sometimes School Segregation Comes From Race Neutral Policies / Venise Wagner
Case Study C. Exploring the Wealth/Income Gap / Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Case Study D. When Housing Separates Us / Nikole Hannah-Jones
Case Study E. Gaps in the Social Safety Net / Karen de Sá
Case Study F. The Path to Legal Status Isn't So Clear Cut / Susan Ferriss
