The document discusses principles of effective multicultural journalism. It states that journalism creates a map for citizens to navigate society and that map should include all communities, not just attractive demographics. It also provides guidelines for journalists, such as telling diverse human stories boldly, examining their own cultural values, avoiding stereotypes, and giving voice to the voiceless. The document then asks questions about four examples of race/racism stories.

1. JCM 331-001

2. (From the Project for Excellence in Journalism – guiding principles)
“Journalism is a form of cartography. It
creates a map for citizens to navigate
society..The map should include news of all
our communities, not just those with
attractive demographics.”

3. Effective Multicultural Reporting

4.  Tell the story of the diversity and magnitude
of the human experience boldly, even when it
is unpopular to do so
 Examine their own cultural values and avoid
imposing those values on others
 Avoid stereotyping by race, gender, age,
religion, ethnicity, geography, sexual
orientation, disability, physical appearance or
social status
 Give voice to the voiceless
According to SPJ’s Code of Ethics, journalists should:

5.  Be Complete and provide context when
photographing or recording subjects.
 Avoid stereotyping individuals and groups.
 Recognize and work to avoid presenting one’s
own biases in the work

6. Answer the following about the FOUR Examples of Race/Racism Stories
1. What Story reflected the story of the diversity and
magnitude of the human experience?
2. Which story MOST directly addressed racism as it “gave
voice to the voiceless?”
3. Which story exemplifies the story about race/racism
that we MOST OFTEN SEE in the news?
4. Which story about race/racism was your FAVORITE and
WHY?

7. NPR- Slavery Rebellion Reenactment

8. ABC- Racism Incident at Napierville Restaurant

9. ABC- Racially AppropriateToys

10. Buzzfeed- Asian American Racist Comments

11. Answer the following questions about the FOUR Examples of Race/Racism Stories
1. What Story reflected the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human
experience?
2. Which story MOST directly addressed racism as it “gave voice to the
voiceless?”
3. Which story exemplifies the story about race/racism that we MOSTOFTEN
SEE in the news?
4. Which story about race/racism was your FAVORITE andWHY?
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