A newsroom with racially diverse staff is the first step toward creating thoughtful, racially diverse news coverage. Without a variety of backgrounds among professional journalists reporting on diverse issues, mainstream news consumers might question the validity of a media organization’s content. As of 2018, people of color made up only 23% of newsroom staff in the United … [Read more...] about Opinion: Newsroom Staff Must be More Racially Diverse
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Student Journalists & The 2020 Election
Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify After a long week spent reporting on this year's highly contested election, the student journalists at PGM open up about what it was like to report on such an election that endured beyond the evening of Nov. 3, all the way into the weekend. Read all of the Graphic's 2020 election coverage … [Read more...] about Student Journalists & The 2020 Election
Staff Editorial: The Graphic Commits to Amplifying Black Student Voices
Art by Madeline Duvall Editors' Note: Staff editorials are an opportunity for the Graphic to provide a united front on a topic that affects the Pepperdine community. Although these pieces are typically written anonymously by several staff members, this one is a collaborative effort between five of the nine senior leaders. It still, however, represents the opinions and … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: The Graphic Commits to Amplifying Black Student Voices
Staff Editorial: Kobe Bryant Crash Reminds Us of Breaking News Ethics
Art by Ally Armstrong The media coverage in the aftermath of last week’s helicopter crash in Calabasas serves as yet another reminder of the importance of knowing whom to trust and how to sift through misinformation during a major breaking news event. Shortly after news of the crash broke, gossip and celebrity news site TMZ was first to report that Kobe Bryant was among … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Kobe Bryant Crash Reminds Us of Breaking News Ethics
Talk with Us
The Graphic news team wants to hear from you. As reporters, our job is to keep our community informed about local issues — from the exciting to the mundane. Local reporters are the ones who go to city hall and school board meetings, courtrooms, press conferences and anywhere else they need to go to cover their community. Graphic journalists are no exception. We are at … [Read more...] about Talk with Us
