The Press Forward Impact Report for 2018-2019

We are profoundly grateful for journalists on the frontline covering these events. Stay safe and well. @NABJ @IWMF @AAJA @spj_tweets

"We employ news leaders to proactively communicate and safeguard the physical safety and digital security of their employees, especially women and reporters of color, who are more vulnerable to abuse and harassment in the field and online." https://t.co/rSNHgla9IQ

"Targeted attacks on journalists, media crews and news organizations covering the demonstrations show a complete disregard for their critical role in documenting issues of public interest..." https://t.co/epzHIscUFg

RT @newsalliance: Covering a protest? Know your rights https://t.co/lUTRa9pTMU

"...in a number of incidents, journalists were injured, harassed or arrested even after identifying themselves as reporters — a blatant violation of constitutional protections and long-standing ground rules..." @farhip https://t.co/sam8N27bGl

RT @sarasidnerCNN: I could feel #GeorgeFloyd’s family’s severing pain through my earbuds after accidentally becoming the conduit between th…

RT @soljourno: One of the primary demands of the protest wave sweeping the country is a reduced reliance on policing to address crime and i…

In covering protests, research shows "it is imperative that journalists do not resort to shallow framing narratives that deny significant and consistent space to air the afflicted’s concerns while also comforting the very comfortable status quo.” https://t.co/AgGGhVK5c7

Thank you for this piece @SpeakPatrice. Please check out this report, with specific data surrounding journalists of color in the pipeline to leadership in news. andhttps://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/shattering-the-glass-screen

"We are celebrated for our contributions during heritage months and given leadership positions in employee resource groups. But we are still glaringly underrepresented in management roles." https://t.co/TlmKFBC2hw

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