Why We Wrote This
Who reports the news? People. And at 海角大神, we believe that it鈥檚 our job to report each story with a sense of shared humanity. Through conversations with our reporters and editors, we explain the qualities behind our reporting that affect how we approach the news. Behind today鈥檚 headlines we find respect, resilience, dignity, agency, and hope. 鈥淲hy We Wrote This鈥� shows how. The Monitor is an award-winning, nonpartisan news organization with bureaus around the globe. Visit CSMonitor.com/whywewrotethis to learn more.
Sara Miller Llana on Finding What Matters
After 15 years and three international posts at the Monitor, Sara Miller Llana has all the qualities of a veteran journalist: curiosity, energy, persistence. But Sara鈥檚 stories also radiate with compassion 鈥� and a commitment to listening to and understanding her sources. Managing editor Amelia Newcomb talks to Sara about her appreciation for the people she interviews, her love for getting to know what matters to them, and her effort to convey that to readers. In this four-part holiday series, we hear from Monitor reporters about how they find the humanity and compassion behind today's headlines.
Ken Makin on Race, Justice, and Hope
Columnist Ken Makin just started writing for the Monitor this year. But he鈥檚 already brought incredible insight into issues like racial justice and the Black experience in America. Noelle Swan, editor of the Monitor Weekly, talks to Ken about why he thinks the past matters in news coverage, and where he turns when he鈥檚 looking for hope. In this four-part holiday series, we hear from Monitor reporters about how they find the humanity and compassion behind today's headlines.
Black Wall Street: 鈥楨verything is Us鈥�
Tulsa鈥檚 efforts to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 race massacre seem to be moving the city toward racial reconciliation. But reconciliation means different things to different people, including within the Black community. This episode looks at how a new generation of Tulsans is finding ways to process, and to own, the story of the massacre and Black Wall Street. What can we, as a country, learn from their efforts? Part 3 of 3, hosted by Jessica Mendoza.
Black Wall Street: 鈥楾he Illusion of Inclusion鈥�
The idea that 鈥渢he Black vote鈥� is a monolith suggests that Black Americans are politically unified. But in Tulsa 鈥� and across the country 鈥� the reality is much more complicated. Though both Democrats and Republicans promise benefits to Black voters, both parties have also systematically failed them for generations. What gives Black voters in Tulsa hope in our political system? Part 2 of 3, hosted by Jessica Mendoza.
Black Wall Street: 鈥楾heir Blood Still Speaks鈥�
The legacy of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre 鈥� its horrific violence and the subsequent silence 鈥� is still front of mind for many of its Black residents. How has this history shaped the politics of the city? This episode shows listeners Tulsa as it is and as it was 鈥� and paints a picture of a city reckoning with racism both past and present. Part 1 of 3, hosted by Jessica Mendoza.
Introducing: Rethinking the News
Today鈥檚 news cycle can leave us feeling uncertain 鈥� about what鈥檚 true, about whom to believe, and about what鈥檚 really important to us. We want to bring you something different. Welcome to 鈥淩ethinking the News,鈥� a new podcast by 海角大神.
