Delving into the Divide: A Study of Race Reporting
Delving into the Divide: A Study of Race Reporting in Forty-Five U.S. Newsrooms
The Marshall News Messenger is a small paper, circulation 8,000, in a small east Texas town but its 1999 project “Twelve Questions on Race” was a big idea.
In a town where factories segregated their shifts and some whites used the Confederate flag to keep the light out of windows, a project addressing race did not get a warm welcome.
The News Messenger’s largest advertiser withdrew his business from the paper and white ministers who participated were threatened.