© Columbia University Press
The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity
July, 2006
Paper, 352 pages, 65 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-13289-3
$48.00
/ £33.00
Foreword
Preface
Symbols Used in this Book
Part I: The Search for Identity
Chapter 1.
- Story. Tug of War, by Allie Shah / Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
- “Somali Girls Coming of Age are Caught in Cultural Tug of War”
- The Making of Tug of War
- A Primer on Somali Culture
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 2.
- Stories: About Race Series, by Craig Franklin, Karyne Holmes, Pam Moore, and Pete
Wilson / KRON-TV, San Francisco
- “What is Race?” (Transcript)
- “News and Race” (Transcript)
- The Making of the About Race Series
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 3.
- Story: Best of Friends, Worlds Apart, by Mirta Ojito / The New York Times
- “Joel Ruiz is Black, Achmed Valdes is White. In America They Discovered it Matters.”
- The Making of Best Friends, Worlds Apart.
- Discussion Ponts / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 4.
- Story: The Family Secret, by Alice Irene Pfifer and Lynn Sher / ABC News 20/20
- “The Family Secret” (Transcript)
- The Making of The Family Secret
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Part II: The Search For Equality
Chapter 5.
- Story: The Color Line and the Bus Line, by Ted Koppe, Eric Wray, and Tom Bettag / ABC
News, Nightline
- “The Color Line and the Bus Line” (Transcript)
- The Making of The Color Line and the Bus Line
- The Making of the America in Black and White Series
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 6.
- Stories: Broken Trust Series, by Jodi Rave / Leee Enterprises Newspaper
- “Land of Confusion” (and sidebar story)
- “Who is going to pay?” (and sidebar stories)
- The Making of the Broken Trust Series
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 7.
- Story: Asian-American, by John Donvan / ABC News, Nightline
- “Asian-American” (Trnascript)
- The Making of Asian-American
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Part III: Telling the Untold Story
Chapter 8.
- Story: Torn from the Land Series, by Dolores Barclay, Todd Lewan, and Bruce DeSilva /
Associated Press
- “Torn from the Land” (and sidebar stories)
- The Making of the Torn from the Land Series
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 9.
- Story: Rim of the New World Series, by Ann Hull / The Washington Post
- “Old South Goes with the Wind”
- The Making of the Rim of the New World Series
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 10.
- Story: The Death of LCpl Gutierrez, by Steve Glauber and Bob Simon / CBS News, 60v
Minutes II
- “The Death of LCpl Gutierrez” (Transcript)
- The Making of The Death of LCpl Gutierrez
- Tips from the Making of The Death of LCpl Gutierrez
- Discussion Points / Suggested readings and Websites
Part IV: Cultural Competence
Chapter 11.
- Stories: Diverse and Divided, and A Tale of Two Cultures, by Elizabeth Llorente / The
Record of Bergen County, NJ
- “Diverse and Divided: One City, Two Communities”
- “A Tale of Two Cultures: Palisades Park Grapples with Change”
- The Making of Diverse and Divided and A Tale of two Cultures
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 12.
- Story: About Race Series: The Rape of Nanking, by Emerald Yeh / KRON-TV, San
Francisco
- “The Rape of Nanking” (Transcipt)
- The Making of The Rape of Nanking
- Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites
Chapter 13.
- Story: The Other Pro Soccer, by Gabriel Escobar / The Washington Post
- “IN Area’s Latino Leagues, Part of the Game is Profit, and the Best Players are Paid”
- The Making of The Other Pro Soccer
- Discussion Points / Suggested readings and Website
Contributors
About the Editors
Credits
Index
About the DVD