"I think as reporters in the US, we should really cover the whole US role in this whole spectrum of violence that's going on in the Philippines, not just the drug war."

The immigration beat is multi-faceted, and media choices about what to look at, who to listen to, may be impactful, as the White House looks set to make its war on immigrants a key piece of Trump's reelection drive.

"These modern-day protest movements are critical to realizing the full potential of American democracy and promises to equality and racial justice. Those movements should not be surveilled."

Corporate media don't talk much about the Philippines, much less about the US responsibility there.

"There is stigma—still—about the value of women's work, and that when women enter fields, the pay actually goes down."

Some in the press pounced on Beto O’Rourke’s description of an Iraq war that is “27 years and counting.”

Janine Jackson interviewed Shireen Razack and Tawal Panyacosit Jr. about inclusion in television writing for the April 5, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. MP3 Link Janine Jackson: TV, for many of us, is a place where,

When the subject is the fact that women continue to be paid less than men for the same work—and women of color still less—such a lot of the conversation is not about how we can fix the problem quickly and concretely,

The “dictator” label is also a powerful cue, used by media to prime the reader to see a particular country or leader a certain way.

Year after year, we see people with disabilities, people of color, women and LGBTQ people un- and underrepresented in the rooms where ideas are generated. And, year after year, Hollywood pledges to "do better."