James Salanga | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by James Salanga

August 8, 2024

The 51st aims to replace DCist with something totally new

“It’s an incredible place to launch a local news outlet because people always want to know more about the world around them. It’s a town full of nerds.”

Newsrooms will refuse to reckon with their hypocrisy — again

“Diversity without support for marginalized journalists and their free speech is a hollow victory.”

Journalists work from a place of harm reduction

“Next year, I want more people to ask: What would journalism premised on harm reduction look like?”

January 13, 2022

“The idea and techniques of investigative reporting can be done by anyone anywhere”: How Francisco Vara-Orta wants to change IRE’s mission

“We all grew up with All the President’s Men. You don’t want to take away from the power of that moment and the press holding the administration accountable. But we have to think, why was there not a Black person or a woman on that team?”

Realizing inequality in news goes a lot deeper than diversity numbers

“By focusing primarily on demographic changes as a measure of anti-racism, legacy newsrooms are implicitly giving weight to the idea that existing in a white supremacist system is enough to change it.”

November 30, 2021

Slow down, take small steps: OpenNews’ Sisi Wei on how little changes can lead to big ones

“We can make change together as opposed to trying to depend on one person to lead us all. When I think about making change that way, it becomes so much more accessible.”