It is this or nothing when navigating the power structures of mass media.

Episode Description

In the politics of economy and corporate media it can be difficult to have much of a say in things even if your voice is among the most trusted of major publications.

The final episode of this season of Pull Quotes interrogates questions of decision-making authority and why detrimental patterns of representation threaten to obstruct good journalists from writing stories that have a lasting impression.

US journalist Erica Cameron shares her story working for major news corporations that toe the mark to preconceived stigma for reasons of advertiser pressure and algorithmic prominence.

Kae Petrin from the Trans Journalists Association provides a conversant rundown of the challenges to giving media guidance on trans identities and how it stands up to the wider spread of misinformation in all aspects of news representation.

Creating a dialogue that touches on many feature stories included in this year’s Review of Journalism, examining who decides reminds us to take ownership as journalists in the perspectives we carry forward.

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Music Credits

“Into the Unknown” by Jonathan Grow via Retrorama APM

About Pull Quotes

Pull Quotes explores how journalism works behind the scenes, from the way stories are framed to the voices that shape public understanding.

Hosted by Mark Henick and Dylan Kulcher.

Podcast art by Matthew Konhauser

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