Teaching journalism in the wake of George Floyd
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For many journalism educators and their students, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020 launched a year of reckoning, intensifying classrooms discussions focused on race and the media. Brandy Monk-Payton, an assistant professor In the department of communication and media studies at Fordham University, said when she returned