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    1. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      I have been thinking a lot about what is happening in newsrooms right now. It was a long time in coming & this is an opportunity, one that journalists - including or maybe especially white journalists - cannot ignore. (Thread 1/)https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/06/08/pittsburgh-post-gazette-alexis-johnson-michael-santiago/ …

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    2. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      Allyship applies to newsrooms. Do not watch as your colleagues of color fight these fights. Fight alongside them. Or don't even wait for the fight to begin. Challenge rules. Challenge standards. AND: document everything. 2/

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    3. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      I know our industry feels & can be tenuous. Some mgmts will use that as an advantage. But this is a fight worth having. Fairness & truth are why most of us got into this biz. We can't just put our heads down & 'do the work' if our newsrooms do not reflect those values. 3/

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    4. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      I first would encourage every big newsroom to consider unionizing - especially if you feel there are not systems in place to protect employees who 'run afoul' of newsroom mgmts. I was a proud member of the @nyguild in my last newsroom & they fought for salary & diversity data 4/

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    5. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      Do you have a high-profile beat? Does your mgmt love to put you on panels etc? This is YOUR fight. Use your power. Ask for answers about diversity & not just in hiring but assignments & promotions. Use of social media to improve working conditions is NLRA protected activity 5/

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    6. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      Look at your internal style guides & guidance. Does it reflect a "view from nowhere" or is that view very much from a POV that reflects the demographics of mgmt? Challenge it. Find examples. Send emails. Go as high up as you need to go. 6/

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    7. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      Is your mgmt banning a word - let's say the use of 'racist' to describe an action or phrase but not a person - but using other words such as 'misogynist' or 'anti-Semitic' w/o the same hemming & hawing? Well, that is not a 'view from nowhere.' That is a POV. Call them on it. 7/

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      Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

      They won't always - or ever - listen to you. But maybe they will. And it doesn't mean the fight isn't worth taking on. It is worth creating discussion & discomfort because that is how people - and institutions - grow. 8/

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        1. Amanda Becker‏Verified account @AmandaBecker 9 Jun 2020

          Institutional racism in newsrooms is real. But it doesn't need to be. I've run out of thoughts for now but a reminder that this panel on fighting racism in your newsrooms is at 5pm PT and 8pm ET tonight: https://nahj.memberclicks.net/fight-racism  #solidarity 9/9

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