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From Hollywood to Broadway, these are the people and projects amplifying the stories our society needs to hear.
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New York TimesA Filmmaker Who Sees Prison Life With Love and Complexity
Garrett Bradley has made a documentary, “Time,” that stubbornly resists all the easy ways of thinking about incarceration in America.
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Pro PublicaDisaster in the Pacific: Death and Neglect in the 7th Fleet
Broken ships. Poor training. Ignored warnings. Multiple tragedies. The world’s most powerful armada in decline. Read the Pulitzer Prize winning series.
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The AtlanticThe COVID-19 Tracking Project
The public deserves the most complete data available about COVID-19 in the US. No official source is providing it, so we are.
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The AtlanticWhy Obama Fears for Our Democracy
In an exclusive interview, the former president identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book.
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New York TimesA Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry
“African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song,” edited by Kevin Young, contains an overwhelming amount of variety and history.
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StoryCorpsThis Thanksgiving, the Faucis on Family and Gratitude
While families across the country are faced with being separated this Thanksgiving due to COVID-19, one family is continuing to lead by example: the Faucis. Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down to record this conversation with his wife, Dr. Christine Grady.
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AdWeekThe Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg Deftly Captains His Team While Breaking Explosive News
Adweek's Publishing Editor of the Year on growing subscriptions during a pandemic
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JournalismDemo Day '19: Texas Tribune
If democracy relies on the free press, we must find new models for vibrant local news. The Texas Tribune shows us one path forward.
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JournalismDemo Day '19: Rob Rogers
In 2018, after 25 years on staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Rogers was fired for doing his job: drawing cartoons critical of the president.
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JournalismHow To Listen To People You Disagree With
In our era of hyper-polarized politics, journalist Amanda Ripley shares tips on how to become a better listener.
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JournalismThe Human Faces of Global Migration
In a new book, journalist Jason DeParle brings the polarizing issue of global migration to life, making room for a more nuanced, complex, and empathetic conversation.
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The Marshall ProjectDetained
How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.
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The Trace and Miami HeraldSince Parkland
Teen reporters tell the stories of children who can no longer tell their own.
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The Texas ObserverNo News is Bad News
As more and more rural Texas communities become “news deserts," the civic life of small towns is suffering too.
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MediaHow Charles D. King is Using Hollywood to Shift Culture
The founder of MACRO Ventures is ushering a new era in media, expanding representation and telling true, authentic stories in media.
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Media, and ImmigrationELLIS Recalls America's History of Immigration
JR's haunting film captures the history and humanity of Ellis Island, the gateway to America for millions of immigrants.
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MediaBending the Arc: Storytelling and Sparking Change
Bending the Arc tells the remarkable story of how Partners In Health saved millions of lives and transformed global health systems with their groundbreaking approach.
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Media & JournalismStoryCorps September 11th Initiative
In partnership with the September 11 Memorial & Museum, this award-winning project honors each life lost.
From Hollywood to Broadway, these are the people and projects amplifying the stories our society needs to hear.
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VimeoWatch Trailer for "Boys State," a Sundance Award Winning Film
"Boys State” is a wildly entertaining and continually revealing immersion into a week-long annual program in which a thousand Texas high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise: building their own state government.
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New York Times
A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry
“African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song,” edited by Kevin Young, contains an overwhelming amount of variety and history.
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StoryCorps
This Thanksgiving, the Faucis on Family and Gratitude
While families across the country are faced with being separated this Thanksgiving due to COVID-19, one family is continuing to lead by example: the Faucis. Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down to record this conversation with his wife, Dr. Christine Grady.
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New York Times
A Filmmaker Who Sees Prison Life With Love and Complexity
Garrett Bradley has made a documentary, “Time,” that stubbornly resists all the easy ways of thinking about incarceration in America.
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Concordia Studio
Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim and Jonathan King have teamed up with Emerson Collective to launch Concordia Studio. The new company will focus on creating innovative nonfiction and scripted films, series, and streaming content.
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YouTubeThe Price of Free
On November 27th YouTube debuted the award winning documentary on Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s fight against child trafficking
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Pop-Up MagazinePop-Up Magazine
A night of true stories, documentary films, photography, and radio from some of our favorite writers, performers, and musicians. Unrecorded, live onstage.
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The AtlanticThe Atlantic Festival
Through in-depth interviews with some of today’s biggest thinkers and leaders in technology, politics, business and the arts, we will illuminate new ideas, and grapple with the most consequential issues of our time.
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Media
How Charles D. King is Using Hollywood to Shift Culture
The founder of MACRO Ventures is ushering a new era in media, expanding representation and telling true, authentic stories in media.
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Media, and Immigration
ELLIS Recalls America's History of Immigration
JR's haunting film captures the history and humanity of Ellis Island, the gateway to America for millions of immigrants.
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Media
Bending the Arc: Storytelling and Sparking Change
Bending the Arc tells the remarkable story of how Partners In Health saved millions of lives and transformed global health systems with their groundbreaking approach.
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Media & Journalism
StoryCorps September 11th Initiative
In partnership with the September 11 Memorial & Museum, this award-winning project honors each life lost.
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Media, and ImmigrationThe Dream Is Now: The New Abridged Cut
A look at the exclusive abridged version of Davis Guggenheim's documentary about four undocumented Dreamers.
The organizations and individuals exposing injustice, offering insight into our society, and enabling the truth to overcome.
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Pro Publica
Disaster in the Pacific: Death and Neglect in the 7th Fleet
Broken ships. Poor training. Ignored warnings. Multiple tragedies. The world’s most powerful armada in decline. Read the Pulitzer Prize winning series.
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The Atlantic
The COVID-19 Tracking Project
The public deserves the most complete data available about COVID-19 in the US. No official source is providing it, so we are.
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The Atlantic
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy
In an exclusive interview, the former president identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book.
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BloombergData Heroes of COVID Tracking Project Are Still Filling U.S. Government Void
The volunteer effort has become a vital source of information on the pandemic.
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AdWeek
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg Deftly Captains His Team While Breaking Explosive News
Adweek's Publishing Editor of the Year on growing subscriptions during a pandemic
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The AtlanticWhy the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic
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Journalism
Demo Day '19: Rob Rogers
In 2018, after 25 years on staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Rogers was fired for doing his job: drawing cartoons critical of the president.
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Journalism
Demo Day '19: Texas Tribune
If democracy relies on the free press, we must find new models for vibrant local news. The Texas Tribune shows us one path forward.
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Solutions Journalism Network22 Questions that ‘Complicate the Narrative’
Conversation techniques, interview questions, and stellar story examples born from a conflict mediation training — for journalists
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The AtlanticThe Geography of Partisan Prejudice
A guide to the most—and least—politically open-minded counties in America
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The GuardianMake America talk again: the lab teaching sworn enemies to have decent conversations
Could the secret to healing a riven politics lie in a Difficult Conversations Laboratory?
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The AtlanticThe Least Politically Prejudiced Place in America
As American towns become more politically segregated and judgmental, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?
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Journalism
How To Listen To People You Disagree With
In our era of hyper-polarized politics, journalist Amanda Ripley shares tips on how to become a better listener.
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Journalism
The Human Faces of Global Migration
In a new book, journalist Jason DeParle brings the polarizing issue of global migration to life, making room for a more nuanced, complex, and empathetic conversation.
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JournalismWhy Cartoons Are Vital to Democracy
Patrick D'Arcy, Emerson Collective’s Director of Fellowships and Portfolio Communications, sits down with editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers to discuss satire’s role in holding the powerful to account.
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JournalismA Pledge in Support of Local News
The newly launched American Journalism Project will support existing and emerging local news organizations.
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Journalism, and ImmigrationWe Are Witnesses
A powerful group of testimonials from the Marshall Project draw us closer to what’s often missing in our conversation around immigration: our shared humanity.
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Solutions Journalism NetworkThe Best Solutions Journalism of 2018
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JournalismGreen Science’s White People Problem
The environmental sciences lack diversity-and that leaves holes in our understanding of health.
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JournalismSolutions Journalism Network is Rebalancing the News
The organization teaches solutions-focused reporting to show the responses to society's biggest problems.
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JournalismChalkbeat: Building Better Schools
With success stories and learning lessons, Chalkbeat covers efforts to better America's struggling schools.
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Media & Journalism
StoryCorps September 11th Initiative
In partnership with the September 11 Memorial & Museum, this award-winning project honors each life lost.
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JournalismGrist: Extreme Community Makeovers
In this series, Grist lifts up success stories from communities making positive changes.
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Journalism5 Questions with Investigative Reporter Shane Bauer
The Mother Jones reporter on his award-winning work.
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JournalismThe Marshall Project: Life Inside
A series amplifies voices and stories from incarcerated people and people who work inside the prison system.