How do you ramp up coverage of social justice in your publication? One way is to create a separate full- or part-time beat in order to concentrate on the subject in the same way we might focus on local football or city council news.
As a new venture, some reporters might have difficulty knowing where to start or what to cover locally. Others may feel ill-equipped to write on contentious stories.
Based on the advice provided by two reporters, independent research and the experience of a newspaper that just started its own social justice beat, we have compiled a list of advice and recommendations for those reporting on social justice themes and issues.
