Renee Tajima-Peña
rtajimapena.bsky.social
Renee Tajima-Peña
@rtajimapena.bsky.social
Filmmaker PBS Asian Americans, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, May 19th Project, No Más Bebés, Calavera Highway & more
Professor at UCLA
After the UCLA encampment got assaulted one night I read a horribly misleading NYT take and was confused by the bylines. Turns out they assign the Seoul bureau for news that happens at night on the west coast. So likely Seoul writers just based their reporting on calls to the police
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
That was true of many student journalists during the Gaza protests. The disconnect between what they reported on the ground and the shoddy reporting in legacy papers…that experience will shape a new generation of journalists
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Parisienne newspapers reported the juxtaposition of the king’s extravagance v people’s poverty. That’s the difference.

US press is owned by people who were probably at Trump’s party
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
In LA ICE focused on terrorizing and ruining the economies of lower income and immigrant neighborhoods. But like other cities all diverse people came out to join rapid response, buyout vendors so they could stay at home, making all kinds of good trouble.
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Tagging the press. Sometimes they miss a few million 👀 @nbcnews @abcnews @cbsnews @cnn @cnnpolitics @newshour @nytimes @wsj @washingtonpost @apnews @latimes @dallasnews @houstonchron @chicagotribune @sltrib @bostonglobe @miamiherald @ajcnews @newsweek @time @people
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM