Stories tagged: "journalism"

Criminal Justice Graphic via Desirée Tapia for COURIER
Criminal Justice The News Media Whitewashed Police Brutality for Decades. Here’s Why We Believed Them.

Reporters have often blindly parroted law enforcement’s version of events, marginalized Black and Brown voices, focused on violence rather than protesters’ demands, and used irresponsible language when covering police brutality.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 7, 2020 11:36 am EDT
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Editor's Letter Welcome to UpNorthNews

Welcome to your new source for stories on Wisconsin’s most important issues and most interesting people.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow December 23, 2019 1:55 pm EST
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Editor's Letter How Can We Save Our Democracy? Start With Local News

The death of local news isn’t just a crisis in American journalism: If local news disappears, so does our democracy.

Lindsay Schrupp Lindsay Schrupp November 25, 2019 10:39 am EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election