‘Bold, truth-telling’: learning from the rich histories of pan-African journalism (opens in new tab)

Diaspora reporting has long connected struggles across borders. Our new editor asks: what can The Long Wave take from this?A couple of months ago, I was offered my dream job, editing the newsletter that you’re reading now. I came in clear-eyed about how I would help steer it: I wanted us to continue taking up the mantle of a of diaspora journalism. Having watched the decline of a number of publications led by people of colour over the last decade, I felt the newsletter was filling a widening ...