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Henry Brechter

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Covers:  I've covered many things, but currently my focuses are media bias, media literacy, polarization, politics, culture, and the media industry
Editor-in-chief @allsidesnow. Former pupil @umassjournalism @poynter. World traveler. Writer. Two-time Fantasy Football champion.

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Henry Brechter’s Biography

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Boston-born and bred. UMass Amherst Class of 2019. Former Poynter-Koch journalism fellow.

Since June 2019, I've led the AllSides news team's daily news curation, which aggregates over 60 news stories daily from any of the hundreds of sources, outlets and writers rated as part of our media bias ratings. Our daily news analysis focuses on tracking media bias and highlighting a diverse range of viewpoints and perspectives — both the mainstream and the underrepresented.

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Henry Brechter’s Journalist Portfolio

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Amherst man walking 400 miles to recognize 50th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s assassination

Amherst man walking 400 miles to recognize 50th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s assassination

For Amherst's Ken Johnston, commemorating an occasion like the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…

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Top girls' soccer players faced with a tough call - The Boston Globe

Top girls' soccer players faced with a tough call - The Boston Globe

A Division 1 soccer recruit, Lauren Bonavita was offered a unique and exciting opportunity: train and play fo…

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Amherst announces program to improve Latino residents' food access

Amherst announces program to improve Latino residents' food access

Amherst is moving forward with the funding of a $54,000 project to improve food accessibility for its Latino …

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The system is failing Mexican journalists. Here's how they're fighting back. - Poynter

The system is failing Mexican journalists. Here's how they're fighting back. - Poynter

A vanilla-infused breeze causes fragile palms to sway and wave along the streets of Papantla, a municipality …

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Here's how technology can help reduce political polarization

Here's how technology can help reduce political polarization

"There's no use reasoning with them; they're left-wing nuts." "Why can't they see that THEY are the problem?"…

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We need to start talking with one another about guns

We need to start talking with one another about guns

Three mass shootings in two weeks recently have left more than 30 people dead, dozens hurt, and millions of A…

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Split Narratives: Media Push Extreme Conclusions on LA Immigration Protests, Violence

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As protests and violence continue in Los Angeles over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, some news outlets are doing a good job of laying everything out: examples of peaceful demonstrations, examples of violence, critics of the Trump administration, supporters of an immigrant crackdown, etc. Conversely, many other news outlets seem to be endorsing one extreme or absolute narrative over any others.
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Media Bias Alert: Why Wasn’t Biden’s Cancer Caught Soone...

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Should former President Joe Biden’s cancer have been caught sooner? Biased news sources on the left and right are selectively using health guidance and quotes from doctors to advance different conclusions. Some left-rated sources suggested it was normal for Biden to have forgone prostate cancer screenings, while sources on the right suggested it wasn’t.
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On the Dire Wolf Story, There’s Nuance You Might Have Miss...

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A new “de-extinction” effort is being praised by some as a scientific marvel. Others say it’s a dangerous effort to control nature. And still others are skeptical of the experiment’s legitimacy. But not all news outlets shared the skepticism, and some were a bit too credulous. The Texas-based “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences says it has re-created dire wolves, which last lived around 13,000 years ago.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Job implies paid, so my first time getting paid to write was for the Boston Globe in the summer of 2017.

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How is social media changing news?

People have constantly-updated news at their fingertips, and can choose what they see and what they don't.