Category Archives: journalism

When News is Like Magic

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

What you don’t see can hurt you James Tankard, one of journalism’s key scholars, talks about news reporting as a “magician’s sleight of hand.” Tankard means that we muggles pay attention to the rabbit and the high-top hat, while oblivious … Continue reading →

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Kondo as a Verb

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

(We discovered a spoon with the Rous insignia) No one enjoys moving, do they? I am in awe that my mother moved us—sometimes once a year—when my step-father worked overseas on construction projects with oil companies. We moved every year … Continue reading →

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Threading the Needle

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Closing the Osage-Buddhist Circle We spent the last weeks—months—on a sewing project, creating a Rakusu: a garment worn when you become a practicing Buddhist. The Rakusu has a rich tradition. The garment is a rectangular cloth with straps that you … Continue reading →

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When is a shoebox more than a shoebox?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I have a fistful of postcards in search of a letterbox. Today we’re in San Francisco, heavy with rich coffee and notes to friends, and I’m searching for a blue repository for our Bay Area greetings. Our trip last month … Continue reading →

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This land is your land? Not so fast

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Framing Thugs & Heroes: Part 2 If you look at how the news media covered the actions of a troupe of armed men (well, mostly men) who occupied a government building and wildlife sanctuary in Oregon in January 2016, you … Continue reading →

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Framing Thugs and Heroes

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Part 1 Next week I travel to the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, where I’m honored to talk about how news media captured the essence of a story from my home-state: Oregon. Here’s the story: With no warning, … Continue reading →

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The Truth Will Set You Free

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When journalists euthanize the truth For weeks pundits have stressed over political happenings from Washington D.C. that are out-of-reach for most of us muggles: how do we make sense of uncensored tweets from the powerful? The unvarnished shills from a … Continue reading →

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Call Out the Lies

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

  Resist Time to call out the lies. You can still be gracious. But there’s no need to tolerate stupidity in the face of bigotry, misogyny and dishonesty. So: write, text, tweet, and follow the folks whose aim is to … Continue reading →

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Bring Back Integrity

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Feeling Rotten, Part 2 Yup: the lies, the venom, the cronyism and the bigotry repulse me. We have buried integrity in the political landscape. Two examples of integrity loom: one made headlines this week, and the other may be hidden … Continue reading →

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Good News, But

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Remain vigilant  Sunday—a day punctuated by football games and family dinners—is a poor timing choice for breaking important news, but the US Army Corps of Engineers announced today it “would not approve permits for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline … Continue reading →

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