I think of being a Black journalist as being pro-truth, pro-accountability and succeeding the tradition of Black journalists who have pushed the indu… - Astead Herndon

If your greatest problem right now is boredom, that is a privilege. And while this describes what is the relative adaptability that some of us experience it fails to acknowledge that it is the outlier -- a lot of folks will not be fine at all…like most things in reporting, asking "who is the we here?" gives away the game

Perry making the impt point: hand wringing abt the alleged ineffectiveness of slogans like defund the police come from electeds or pundits who only see change thru electoral politics. That is not the goal of many activists. They are not setting out to help Dems win elections

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