These last couple of weeks or so have been trying times for Black America, and for Black journalists as well.
Four former Minneapolis police officers are charged with George Floyd’s murder, whose last 10 minutes of life at 38th and Chicago Avenue South were captured on phone video.
Since February we’ve seen an unfortunate fatal Black troika that have garnered national and worldwide attention—Breonna Taylor in March killed by police in her Louisville, Ky. bedroom; Ahmaud Arbery killed by two Whites while jogging in Georgia almost three months earlier; and Floyd’s death at police hands (or knee) on Memorial Day.
Veteran White House reporter April Ryan tweeted last week that Black journalists carry “unique burdens” in covering the Floyd death and protests that “hit close to home.”
Lunis, Malika Andrews, Justin Tinsley and Master Tesfatsion spoke last week at the NABJ Sports Task Force’s “Innovation in Storytelling: Art of Storytelling.”