By Martin G. Reynolds, Senior Fellow, The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
By Martin G. Reynolds
Senior Fellow
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
OAKLAND - The slayings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have shaken the nation and brought to a head the festering tensions between people of color and law enforcement.
Members of the press across the country are hard at work, thoughtfully reflecting how to make sense of this, and how best to cover the slayings of Spencer, in Louisiana, and Castile, in Minnesota, and the five Dallas police officers gunned down after a peaceful protest in that city Thursday night.
We have all been shaken, but we have a job to do.
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OAKLAND - The slayings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have shaken the nation and brought to a head the festering tensions between people of color and law enforcement.
Members of the press across the country are hard at work, thoughtfully reflecting how to make sense of this, and how best to cover the slayings of Sterling, in Louisiana, and Castile, in Minnesota, and the five Dallas police officers gunned down after a peaceful protest in that city Thursday night.
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