Immigration reporting should include the people who are most affected by the policies we write about. This means reporters need to actually talk to the people who are most affected by the polices we write about. A thread.
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@aurabogado I agree with need for in depth coverage, but not so much with lack of diversity on beat — there are incredible mostly women who have been at this longer than I have. Many are Latina. Most speak Spanish. -
Here are a few of so many great immigration reporteras that I admire who have been doing this 10+ years:
@mirjordan@theCindyCarcamo@JuliaPrestonNow@AKochergaBorder@1eaguilera@disolis@mariasacchetti@Multi_American@LATbermudez@gingerthomp1@DebbieNathan2 -
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@LATvives has done some immigration work. He's an immigrant and writes fantastic stories about Latinos and immigration. Plus, younger Latina reporters doing stellar immigration stories that really center around people.@brittny_mejia@andreamcastillo come to mind@latimes -
Once I start down this hard to stop. Here are a few more:
@ByFernandaS@monica_campbell@angshah@valfernandez@ajcorchado And@sarahparvini@frankshyong@aflores@adrianflorido among the younger troop out of LA. -
I was thinking about these women this morning who were inspirational to me when I was reporting on the immigration beat in NYC:
@MirtaOjito@NinaBernstein1@mariannemccune@cynrod@debsontag@Maria_Hinojosa@sanchise (Ok, I'll stop, for now.) -
So very late to this chat, but it’s never too late to say thank you. I continue to be inspired by many of you, along with
@fabiolasantiago an ever more national voice from@MiamiHerald Immigration reporting is the best beat I ever had and the best course I taught@columbiajourn
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