Breaking rules, forging trust: how to report on communities

Available at: into-police-investigations-involving-transgender-women 13 To reduce the number of footnotes, we have retained the most relevant reference in each instance, and moved the rest to a Reading List section at the end of this project. [...] Ideally, since I was reporting on the Black trans community in Brooklyn, the crew member would be Black and trans themselves and familiar with the community dynamics of the neighbourhood. [...] He dug deeper into the pre-reporting I had done, paid attention to who the main players in the community were, noted the communal conversations taking place, and took the time to continuously educate himself on the intersections of being both Black and trans in the United States and how that effected Mother LaTravious and her children. [...] It can be helpful to show sources past work so they get an idea of what to expect and how they might potentially be used as a source.28 The idea here is to bring sources along for the ride, so they know they are a part of the process as a collaborator, that they have a story worth telling, and can trust you enough to wield that story through their craft in the way they see fit. [...] We should own the fact that to tell the stories and promote the voices of marginalized and targeted people is not a neutral stance from the sidelines, but an important front in a lively battle against the narrow-mindedness, tyranny, and institutional oppression that puts all of our freedoms at risk.”41 Connection and closeness to community is not a hinderance, but an asset to journalists, giving t.