Doris Truong | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Doris Truong

Doris Truong is the weekend homepage editor at The Washington Post.

“Journalists can fall into a trap of parroting the language provided by officials, whether that’s law enforcement, the courts, politicians, academics, or subject-matter experts.”

Workers demand to be paid what the job is worth

“Journalists should not only demand the wages we deserve, we should ask for the lifestyle flexibility we need.”

Inverting the talent pipeline

“To grow talent, news organizations need to invest in creating fertile ground for emerging journalists to do their best — and to make occasional mistakes.”

Indigenous issues get long-overdue mainstream coverage

“We must intentionally elevate the voices that have not always been the loudest.”

The year of radical salary transparency

“Rare is the journalist who will cite money among the reasons for choosing our profession. But we also need to eat. And pay the rent. And have a life outside the job. “

Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes

“My own experience with this came in January, when trolls mistakenly decided that a woman attending the confirmation hearing for Rex Tillerson was me (and that the woman in the Senate chambers — who was not me — was doing something nefarious).”

Connecting with diverse perspectives

“To ensure that news reports have impact, we’ll need to connect with readers because we reflect the readers.”