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	Podcast:		Exam
	Episode:		Exam - Renowned Journalist Talks About Reporting Racial Injustice with MU Journalism Students
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2016-03-03 15:09:34
	Description:		The Missouri School of Journalism invited Nikole Hannah-Jones, an award winning journalist, to come to campus last month and spend the day with journalism students. The visit culminated in a talk for journalism students called “Covering racial injustice in the age of Black Lives Matter.” When Hannah-Jones came to MU, she talked to students, faculty and staff in the journalism school about how to cover issues of race. She also talked about how she practices a blend of data-driven and narrative journalism. Hannah Jones currently writes for the New York Times Magazine, but has worked for ProPublica, Politico, The Atlantic and This American Life. Hannah-Jones’ This American Life segment, “The Problem We All Live With,” discusses what happened when the Normandy school district in St. Louis tried to integrate with another district. As a journalist, Hannah-Jones is largely focused on covering educational policies that maintain segregation. “What’s very clear is that we are in a unique time,
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