Stories from the frontlines: Reflections and suggestions from journalists covering the George Floyd protests

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🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Brian Stelter speaks with six journalists covering the anti-racism protests across America during a Society of Professional Journalists webinar titled "stories from the frontlines: journalists and protests." The panel addresses the troubling spate of attacks on journalists; offers tips to stay safe; and reflects on the "extraordinary moment" for journalists of color and the state of newsroom diversity. This week's guests: Dorothy Tucker, CBS-Chicago investigative reporter and president of the National Association of Black Journalists Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th News Mike Trautmann, Louisville Courier-Journal news director and director of investigations Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio reporter Haisten Willis, freelance journalist for the Washington Post and other outlets Jesse J. Holland, author, scholar and former AP journalist To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Reporting from the front lines of a movement.
0:05.0	That's the subject of this week's reliable sources podcast.
0:09.0	Q the music and let me introduce our plan for this episode. I'm your host Brian Stelter and we usually use this
0:16.7	weekly podcast to drill down deep with a guest or two talking about how the news is made. But this week I'd like to try something a little bit different.
0:26.0	There is so much to say about the unrest in the country, the protests from coast to coast and everywhere in between. So I want to share with you a webinar that I hosted on Friday, June 5th, for the Society of Professional Journalists.
0:43.0	SPJ, as it's known,
0:46.0	brought a group of six journalists and leaders together,
0:50.0	and I moderated a conversation about reporting on the front lines of these protests.
0:56.7	So let me hand it over to SBJ's president, Patty Newberry.
1:01.9	She began this Zoom webinar by introducing our panelists.
1:07.0	Welcome to this special program hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists.
1:12.0	My name is Patty Newberry and I'm the national
1:13.9	president of SPJ. Just 12 days ago on May 25th, George Floyd died in
1:21.7	Minneapolis after police officer Derek Schaubin held his knee to Floyd's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
1:31.0	Just nine days ago, the city of Minneapolis was the site of the first public
1:35.4	protest in reaction to Floyd's death. Since then protests have spread
1:41.1	across the country to every state and even across the globe to multiple
1:45.2	countries. There has been a profound outpouring of grief and a remarkable sustained call for justice for George Floyd and for so many other
1:56.9	black and brown persons who have died in encounters with police officers.
2:01.6	The last week has been remarkable to with police and protesters.
2:03.0	The last week has been remarkable too
2:05.0	for how police and protesters have reacted to
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