These are challenging times for truth and for those who live by it.

These are challenging times for truth and for those who live by it.

Know that to tell honest, affecting stories
in a world so divided has never been harder.
Or more necessary.
Challenge your assumptions, and don’t cut corners.
Seek sources among the seldom heard.
Refuse to be stonewalled.
Refuse to be intimidated.
Refuse to be fooled.
Verify the facts, and then verify them again.
And again.

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Embrace nuance.
Embrace the gray.
Embrace the struggle.
Embrace complexity, depth, and rigor.
Hold your work to the highest ethical standards.
Tell your stories with grace, precision, rage, humor, compassion, and voice.
Report to the bitter end, and write beautifully.
Wield truth in a post-truth world.
Wield it for the public good.
Wield it for the sake of humanity.
Write people’s stories.
Write a part of democracy’s next chapter,
and help change the world.

First Workshop: September 2023