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Astead Wesley Herndon is a national political reporter for The New York Times. He was previously a Washington-based political reporter and a City Hall reporter for The Boston Globe.

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Alternative Names: Astead W. Herndon • Astead Wesley Herndon • Astead Wesley

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One of the key questions to ask folks right now is 'Where are you getting your information? Where are you getting your kind of news from?' And when you hear where folks are getting it," Astead Wesley says, you understand "why they feel the way they do.

J.K. Rowling, thinking of a name of white character: Albus Dumbeldore, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall. J.K. Rowling, thinking of nonwhite character: Cho Chang

I think The New York Times is the best day-to-day news outlet in the world.

folks say journalists focus on Trump the individual bc there's drama + Biden is "boring." Sure. But its also medias uncomfort in dealing w/ broader Trumpism. I.e. its easier to ask abt the man than the societal forces that define his rise and persist today

I think of being a Black journalist as being pro-truth, pro-accountability and succeeding the tradition of Black journalists who have pushed the industry on what that looks like. Also, racism isn’t true. It’s false. And so as a journalist, it’s worth it to me to expose it as false, not as spite toward any one political actor.