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I wrote an important new article for Yes! Magazine about harm reduction and ethics when covering protests, actions and uprisings as a community / movement journalist.
#gonzohttps://twitter.com/yesmagazine/status/1324139642648670210 …
(We deliberately avoided the term "citizen" journalist, both because it implies that the undocumented are unable to step into this role, and also that professional journalists aren't "citizens," or part of populace as a whole)https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
I've interviewed many community / movement / gonzo journalists in researching the topic of harm reduction in our coverage ... three people I admire a lot are quoted here: @1misanthrophile, @ChuckModi1 & @AshAgonyhttps://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
“When you’re filming in an unethical world that is rigged for police to never be accountable and for protesters to have erroneous charges, then you have to adjust your ethics for that unethical world." - @ChuckModi1https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
“Here in New York, every news outlet is pro-police and pro-rich people. They’re so blatantly biased but they try to pass themselves off as objective.” - @AshAgonyhttps://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
“Every night, the police are getting better at separating reporters from the brutality they do." - @1misanthrophilehttps://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
I hope this article gets shared around & people take the advice in it to heart... as community or movement journalists, it's our job to amplify unheard voices WITHOUT putting those people speaking at unnecessary increased risk through our coverage.https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
tl,dr: Block faces, don't share tactical discussions or infighting and petty BS cops can use against us, pick your footage very carefully... and just fucking don't livestream at all for the most part. Honestly just read it, I put a lot of work into this:https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/11/04/protests-community-journalists/ …
p.s. I'm continuing to conduct interviews with the intention of turning this topic into a zine in the future... A sort of sequel to "Concrete Milkshake" ... stay tuned.https://twitter.com/KitOConnell/status/1275170095350919168 …
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