What happens when journalism sells our stories instead of serving them?

In this episode, journalist Amanda Del Cid Lugo from LA Public Press talks about how parachute reporting twists the truth and reduces real lives to quick headlines.

We get into the cost of stories written to sell instead of serve, and what that does to the people at the center of them and how journalism can instead be rooted in care and accountability to the communities it comes from.

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro & Welcome
01:13 - Amanda’s Path to Journalism
06:01 - Breaking Into Community Media
10:01 - Why I Stayed in LA
15:01 - Building LA Public Press
22:01 - The “Battle of Bell” Explained
32:01 - What is Media Literacy?
40:01 - Collaboration in Journalism
47:01 - How to Talk to Reporters
52:01 - Staying Safe While Documenting