Kim Pearson on Muck Rack

Kim Pearson

United States
Covers:  Press freedom, journalism and technology, civil liberties, politics, religion
Doesn't Cover: celebrity journalism, sports
Civic media researcher crossing boundaries to foster empowered, inclusive, informed citizenship. Co-founder, @immtcnj RTs are not endorsements. She/her

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I started out as a wee child with a love of magazines -- the old fashioned magazines with really good writing, such as Saturday Review or really powerful photo essays, such as Look., and of course, Ebony. Because it was the 60s, and I was a little urban black girl from a working-class family with middle-class aspirations, these magazines were in our homes, and public affairs show were constantly on our television. I started writing essays when I was eight years old and thought that one day I w…

What was your first job as a journalist?

contributor for Black Enterprise

How is social media changing news?

It has fundamentally changed its epistemology. That's the subject of my research in progress.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

The real mission of 21st-century journalism is to help us learn to look and listen so we don't kill each other and the planet. I believe that media tools and processes can help individuals build community, solve problems and transmit constructive values.

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