Gateway Journalism Review/St. Louis Journalism Review

It's very important for elders in this field to support their juniors. This is just one reason why we're publishing an interview later this week with Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez of The Retrograde about the efforts made by the University of Texas at Dallas to shut down the work of his team. If some of us aren't safe, none of us are safe. #media #studentjournalism #veteranjournalism

Prison reporting like this is an important mainstay of local news. We in the United States often take for granted that other countries feature atrocious prison conditions, but the reality is, most of the problems in American prisons are simply underreported. We're in the midst of a public health emergency in prisons where reporting requirements from state and federal governments more often than not simply aren't enforced. #MarshallProject #LocalJournalism #PrisonIndustry

Local reporting on criminal justice issues are extremely important. Even if national journalism wanted to discuss this topic, there's just too much going on countrywide to get into every single story. Besides that, your local prosecutors are the ones with the power to make these kinds of life-altering decisions to you or to the people you love. And that calls for local accountability. #LocalJournalism #CriminalJustice #MississippiToday

We just posted an article from Ted Gest about the changes in court coverage over the last several decades. The situation isn't great- high-profile trials get coverage while the local level is increasingly ignored. Consequently, people often don't have much idea how their local courts actually work, which is a problem for all of us. #LocalNews #LocalCourts #LegalJournalism #TheFrontPage https://lnkd.in/ehGyf9eB

This is exactly what we want to be hearing more of these days. Local news offices in the communities they serve. Thank you for making this a priority.

All of these are worthy stories, but the specific Houston Chronicle story that was nominated warrants further description. https://lnkd.in/e5NmD5PP It's about oil companies leaking gas all over Texas. It's exceptional long form local journalism involving serious legwork regarding local officials who simply aren't doing their job. It's well worth your time to read in full. #LocalJournalism #GasLeak #HoustonChronicle

Earlier today Gateway Journalism Review posted an article from Katie Kwasnesky about FCC investigations into broadcast networks under Trump. These investigations will likely have wide-ranging effects. Already we've seen PBS drop DEI initiatives from their website in response to Trump's actions. The implications of this for journalism going forward are troubling, to say the least. https://lnkd.in/gnPEheNG

The story of what happened to Laura Gómez Rodríguez at the Arizona Mirror should give all of us pause. While the story is a few weeks old at this point, unfortunately, the lessons are likely to be evergreen. Attacks against journalists by the institutions that are supposed to protect them aren't going to end any time soon. #NAHJ #ArizonaMirror #MentalHealth

It's worth noting that Katrice Hardy left because she got another job at the Marshall Project, which is doing good work. Gateway Journalism Review posted a story yesterday about the local newsroom they just opened in St. Louis. You can read about it on our website, gatewayjr.org. #KatriceHardy, #MarshallProject, #StLouis, #DallasMorningNews

Two new articles on Gateway Journalism Review today. First, William H. Freivogel has an opinion piece about Trump's first month in office, and how it redefines the conservative movement relative to the days of Ronald Reagan. Second, in more cheerful fare, Elizabeth Tharakan has a news story about the Marshall Project opening a nonprofit in St. Louis. Check out our website for that, and more. #Trump, #Reagan, #DOGE, #MarshallProject, #StLouis https://gatewayjr.org/