On this week’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the student led March for Our Lives rallies around the globe. How is this youth movement changing media coverage of gun control and the NRA?
We’ll also discuss the Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the upcoming census and a yearlong investigation examining lead poisoning in the San Francisco Bay Area from KALW News.
Guests:
Alex Yablon, reporter at the Trace
Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Marissa Ortega-Welch, reporter with Crosscurrents, KALW's award-winning news magazine
Angela Johnston, reporter with Crosscurrents, KALW's award-winning news magazine
Recommended Readings:
The Huffington Post: Pulse Nightclub Shooter's Widow Found Not Guilty Of Aiding Her Husband's Attack
Web Resources:
Mother Jones: Hidden Figures: How Donald Trump Is Rigging the Census
The Trace: Gun Violence Researchers to Congress on CDC: Show Us the Money!
KALW: Persistent Poison: Lead's Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area