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These 2 years of US-backed genocide in Gaza have been the deadliest conflict for journalists, yet journalists have long been muzzled on Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
📢 TOMORROW, join us for 'Killing the Story,' on journalists' experiences in US newsrooms.
Register:
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📢 TOMORROW, join us for 'Killing the Story,' on journalists' experiences in US newsrooms.
Register:
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
These 2 years of US-backed genocide in Gaza have been the deadliest conflict for journalists, yet journalists have long been muzzled on Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
📢 TOMORROW, join us for 'Killing the Story,' on journalists' experiences in US newsrooms.
Register:
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
📢 TOMORROW, join us for 'Killing the Story,' on journalists' experiences in US newsrooms.
Register:
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
📢 IN ONE WEEK, @laubast.bsky.social will be speaking with journalists on what it’s like to report on Palestine while U.S. newsrooms capitulate their editorial responsibilities to pro-Israel pressure.
Join us on Oct. 7 as we approach 2 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
Join us on Oct. 7 as we approach 2 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📢 IN ONE WEEK, @laubast.bsky.social will be speaking with journalists on what it’s like to report on Palestine while U.S. newsrooms capitulate their editorial responsibilities to pro-Israel pressure.
Join us on Oct. 7 as we approach 2 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
Join us on Oct. 7 as we approach 2 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
On Oct. 7, join us for ‘Killing the Story,’ a conversation with journalists who attempt to publish accurately & factually about the genocide in Palestine.
We'll explore media bias, the Palestine exception, pressures from the Israel lobby, & other paths for coverage.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
We'll explore media bias, the Palestine exception, pressures from the Israel lobby, & other paths for coverage.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On Oct. 7, join us for ‘Killing the Story,’ a conversation with journalists who attempt to publish accurately & factually about the genocide in Palestine.
We'll explore media bias, the Palestine exception, pressures from the Israel lobby, & other paths for coverage.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
We'll explore media bias, the Palestine exception, pressures from the Israel lobby, & other paths for coverage.
tinyurl.com/killingthestory
What happens to stories about Palestine in U.S. newsrooms?
Building on @laubast.bsky.social investigation, we invite you to join us for “Killing the Story” on Oct. 7 to discuss the experiences of U.S. journalists covering the genocide in Gaza.
Register for the event: tinyurl.com/killingthestory
Building on @laubast.bsky.social investigation, we invite you to join us for “Killing the Story” on Oct. 7 to discuss the experiences of U.S. journalists covering the genocide in Gaza.
Register for the event: tinyurl.com/killingthestory
September 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What happens to stories about Palestine in U.S. newsrooms?
Building on @laubast.bsky.social investigation, we invite you to join us for “Killing the Story” on Oct. 7 to discuss the experiences of U.S. journalists covering the genocide in Gaza.
Register for the event: tinyurl.com/killingthestory
Building on @laubast.bsky.social investigation, we invite you to join us for “Killing the Story” on Oct. 7 to discuss the experiences of U.S. journalists covering the genocide in Gaza.
Register for the event: tinyurl.com/killingthestory
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
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Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
We're so proud that Prism's Reflective Journalism Project is the winner of an Innovator Award at last night's Nonprofit News Awards! #INNYs2025
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September 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We're so proud that Prism's Reflective Journalism Project is the winner of an Innovator Award at last night's Nonprofit News Awards! #INNYs2025
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@willyou.bsky.social, associate professor in residence at Northwestern Qatar, said the pro-Israel lobby is much better at producing “flak” or negative feedback directed at newsrooms.
“What it does is it raises the inconvenience cost to editors & producers whenever they touch any of these stories.”
“What it does is it raises the inconvenience cost to editors & producers whenever they touch any of these stories.”
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@willyou.bsky.social, associate professor in residence at Northwestern Qatar, said the pro-Israel lobby is much better at producing “flak” or negative feedback directed at newsrooms.
“What it does is it raises the inconvenience cost to editors & producers whenever they touch any of these stories.”
“What it does is it raises the inconvenience cost to editors & producers whenever they touch any of these stories.”
According to @sanasaeed.bsky.social, mainstream outlets use stories that highlight the toll of human suffering in Gaza to defend themselves when accused of bias.
“These types of ‘good stories’ still diminish the role of the United States and Israel in the genocide itself.”
“These types of ‘good stories’ still diminish the role of the United States and Israel in the genocide itself.”
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
According to @sanasaeed.bsky.social, mainstream outlets use stories that highlight the toll of human suffering in Gaza to defend themselves when accused of bias.
“These types of ‘good stories’ still diminish the role of the United States and Israel in the genocide itself.”
“These types of ‘good stories’ still diminish the role of the United States and Israel in the genocide itself.”
In July, Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) published a dossier exposing ties between the New York Times journalists & Israel’s military.
“The double standard has been institutionalized [...] to make the Times [journalists] not just stenographers of Israel’s crimes but active participants.”
“The double standard has been institutionalized [...] to make the Times [journalists] not just stenographers of Israel’s crimes but active participants.”
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In July, Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) published a dossier exposing ties between the New York Times journalists & Israel’s military.
“The double standard has been institutionalized [...] to make the Times [journalists] not just stenographers of Israel’s crimes but active participants.”
“The double standard has been institutionalized [...] to make the Times [journalists] not just stenographers of Israel’s crimes but active participants.”
Salma, who requested to use a pseudonym out of concern that speaking publicly could harm her career in the close-knit media industry, is a Palestinian journalist who lost loved ones to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. An executive asked her in front of her coworkers if she could be “objective.”
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Salma, who requested to use a pseudonym out of concern that speaking publicly could harm her career in the close-knit media industry, is a Palestinian journalist who lost loved ones to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. An executive asked her in front of her coworkers if she could be “objective.”
Editors at an outlet based in the Northeast shut down a story about a Muslim art exhibit they thought was about Palestine. It was not.
“They gave me this whole spiel about how ‘there’s before Oct. 7, & there’s after Oct. 7,'" Nadia, who is using a pseudonym to avoid retaliation, told Prism.
“They gave me this whole spiel about how ‘there’s before Oct. 7, & there’s after Oct. 7,'" Nadia, who is using a pseudonym to avoid retaliation, told Prism.
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Editors at an outlet based in the Northeast shut down a story about a Muslim art exhibit they thought was about Palestine. It was not.
“They gave me this whole spiel about how ‘there’s before Oct. 7, & there’s after Oct. 7,'" Nadia, who is using a pseudonym to avoid retaliation, told Prism.
“They gave me this whole spiel about how ‘there’s before Oct. 7, & there’s after Oct. 7,'" Nadia, who is using a pseudonym to avoid retaliation, told Prism.
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
Marium's piece, published last year, covered the overt & insidious ways that schools or administrators stifle & silence student reporters, with implications for the future health of our entire education system & media landscape. Read her full story here ⤵️🔗
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![A screenshot from Marium Zahra's article for Prism Reports; the selection included reads "Administrations often discourage certain topics as a way to coerce students into self-censoring their reporting. Myesha Phukan, a high school journalist from Mountain View, California, said she has faced intimidation from her school administration after attempting to run a story on alleged perpetrators of sexual harassment on her campus.
“[The principal] came into the classroom and started talking about how schools don’t have journalism programs anymore, and we’re really lucky that we have one. To me and the rest of the team, it felt like a threat … We felt pressure to write the article a certain way,” Phukan said. “We removed specific instances of harassment as well as obscured details about when they had occurred … If we aren’t able to express our voices, then honestly, there’s no point.”
Student censorship goes beyond vague reporting and left-out narratives; for students, it’s becoming a tool to demoralize them from pursuing careers in journalism.
“You’re telling them [students], “Don’t push any boundaries. Don’t try to make any changes. Don’t say anything that could get you in trouble.’ You’re not preparing them for the real world,” explained Christopher Denkovich, a high school student from Pittsburgh.
“Many people like to point fingers at journalists for being ‘corrupt,’ but when news organizations themselves are corrupt, and journalists need to be employed, what can they even do?” said Ishrat Madiha, a high school student from Lake Ridge High School in Mansfield, Texas. “Tackling the issue at a school level, before these journalists join big corporations, will help students learn what ethical, honest journalism is.”
For journalism advisers, opposing administrative censorship could result in the administration disciplining them or ending school journalism programs completely."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fyw2ww4fdhthaxdrvir6mo7y/bafkreigo3ujoldenf44pzdd37dkdg3r4m4bz24sxatepsi75yzdygvij7q@jpeg)
May 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Marium's piece, published last year, covered the overt & insidious ways that schools or administrators stifle & silence student reporters, with implications for the future health of our entire education system & media landscape. Read her full story here ⤵️🔗
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The RFK Book & Journalism awards (named after the late senator) honor members of the press whose work uplifts stories about social justice & human rights. Particularly in this media landscape & political climate, we're proud to see Prism & Marium recognized with this year's cohort of honorees ✊
May 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The RFK Book & Journalism awards (named after the late senator) honor members of the press whose work uplifts stories about social justice & human rights. Particularly in this media landscape & political climate, we're proud to see Prism & Marium recognized with this year's cohort of honorees ✊
Our goal is to raise $15K on Derek’s behalf, giving him funds to recover after the storm, purchase a used car, and perhaps even save a little along the way. As his editors, collaborators, and movement journalism community, we hope to do everything possible to help his reentry.
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our goal is to raise $15K on Derek’s behalf, giving him funds to recover after the storm, purchase a used car, and perhaps even save a little along the way. As his editors, collaborators, and movement journalism community, we hope to do everything possible to help his reentry.
Not only is Derek now in desperate need of resources to replace what he lost in the flood, but he also needs a car for parole appointments (20 miles away from his home and inaccessible by public transit) and transportation to find a new full-time job outside of his freelance journalism work.
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Not only is Derek now in desperate need of resources to replace what he lost in the flood, but he also needs a car for parole appointments (20 miles away from his home and inaccessible by public transit) and transportation to find a new full-time job outside of his freelance journalism work.
In April, Torrential rainfall inundated the region & the Kentucky River flooded, destroying the home & his belongings. Derek has spent the last few weeks cleaning in knee-deep mud. Like many formerly incarcerated people, he was already working with limited funds and resources to restart his life.
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In April, Torrential rainfall inundated the region & the Kentucky River flooded, destroying the home & his belongings. Derek has spent the last few weeks cleaning in knee-deep mud. Like many formerly incarcerated people, he was already working with limited funds and resources to restart his life.
Respected by his prison community, Derek served as a writing facilitator, mentor, & regular in Shakespeare Behind Bars. He won multiple PEN Prison Writing Awards & playwriting competitions & was published @haymarketbooks.org "The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting A Writer's Life in Prison."
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Respected by his prison community, Derek served as a writing facilitator, mentor, & regular in Shakespeare Behind Bars. He won multiple PEN Prison Writing Awards & playwriting competitions & was published @haymarketbooks.org "The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting A Writer's Life in Prison."
Prism columnist & award-winning writer Derek Trumbo is now free, and he needs our help. After almost two decades of incarceration, Derek received parole on April 1, but just days after leaving prison, disaster struck the home he's been staying in.
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Prism columnist & award-winning writer Derek Trumbo is now free, and he needs our help. After almost two decades of incarceration, Derek received parole on April 1, but just days after leaving prison, disaster struck the home he's been staying in.
A UN report re-confirms @kylietcheung.bsky.social's reporting on how Israel has used sexual, reproductive, & other gender-based violence against Palestinians to dominate & destroy the Palestinian people. Reproductive genocide—extermination—is a crime against humanity.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A UN report re-confirms @kylietcheung.bsky.social's reporting on how Israel has used sexual, reproductive, & other gender-based violence against Palestinians to dominate & destroy the Palestinian people. Reproductive genocide—extermination—is a crime against humanity.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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This Movement Media Monday, we’re partnering with Scalawag, Mainline Atl, Mergoat Magazine, and ShiftPress to fundraise for movement media.
Click the link our bio to donate to Prism, and visit the partner outlets to donate directly.
Click the link our bio to donate to Prism, and visit the partner outlets to donate directly.
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM
This Movement Media Monday, we’re partnering with Scalawag, Mainline Atl, Mergoat Magazine, and ShiftPress to fundraise for movement media.
Click the link our bio to donate to Prism, and visit the partner outlets to donate directly.
Click the link our bio to donate to Prism, and visit the partner outlets to donate directly.
“The revolution is in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.” - Huey Newton
People in power fear what happens when students organize for justice. Join us for a convo with Zinn Education Project to hear how educators are teaching truth.
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People in power fear what happens when students organize for justice. Join us for a convo with Zinn Education Project to hear how educators are teaching truth.
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October 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
“The revolution is in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.” - Huey Newton
People in power fear what happens when students organize for justice. Join us for a convo with Zinn Education Project to hear how educators are teaching truth.
www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-t...
People in power fear what happens when students organize for justice. Join us for a convo with Zinn Education Project to hear how educators are teaching truth.
www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-t...
"We have the ability, resources, & creativity to create justice & liberation on our own terms [&] spaces for advocacy, liberation, & world-building w/o the confines of white supremacy & capitalism."
—Joshua Rahim Vincent on Black & Palestinian solidarity prismreports.org/2024/10/22/b...
—Joshua Rahim Vincent on Black & Palestinian solidarity prismreports.org/2024/10/22/b...
October 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
"We have the ability, resources, & creativity to create justice & liberation on our own terms [&] spaces for advocacy, liberation, & world-building w/o the confines of white supremacy & capitalism."
—Joshua Rahim Vincent on Black & Palestinian solidarity prismreports.org/2024/10/22/b...
—Joshua Rahim Vincent on Black & Palestinian solidarity prismreports.org/2024/10/22/b...
Prism is proud to be part of the media collective launching Media Against Apartheid & Displacement, a hub that gathers articles about the ongoing apartheid, occupation, & genocide in Gaza, US complicity, & resistance movements for Palestinian liberation.
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March 4, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Prism is proud to be part of the media collective launching Media Against Apartheid & Displacement, a hub that gathers articles about the ongoing apartheid, occupation, & genocide in Gaza, US complicity, & resistance movements for Palestinian liberation.
themaad.org
themaad.org