Coverage Critiques for April 3
Collective bargaining, FOIA’s and school paper censorship are among the news being covered throughout the Midwest this week.
Category: Media News
Wilkerson explains style behind “The Warmth of Other Suns”
Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist was at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to talk with students about her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns”. After a short discussion about being a journalist and her book, Wilkerson opened the room up for questions. One student raised his hand and asked her how her experience as a woman, not just a woman but a black woman, affected her and her work. “I never really had the option to worry about that,” Wilkerson said. “I’m not saying there weren’t challenges, I just didn’t have time to think about it.”
Book Review: “The Warmth of Other Suns”
Jim Crow had many faces. One face of Jim Crow was the simple act of many white southerners stepping on a bus. If they didn’t want to sit with people in the front of the bus, they grabbed the colored-only sign and moved it back a row. Blacks in the back would then be forced ever farther to the back, while just one white person sat in the seat for whites only.
Unions, nuclear power and Sharia Law all big Midwest news
Much of our expanded “Midwest” is dealing with questions surrounding unions, teachers and the political ramifications of new regimes trying to make sweeping, sometimes unpopular moves. The recent political upheaval in Wisconsin is creating tremors felt across the country, but especially in the Midwest. One key story is the latest news about Indiana prosecutor Carlos Lam resigning after suggesting to Walker that he fake an attack on himself.
Patch and Cory Booker an uncomfortable match
We’ve been following with interest what’s happening with Patch.com since the fledgling group of hyperlocal news sites provides one business model in a new and changing media landscape.