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Taya Graham

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As seen in: Afro-American Newspapers, The Real News, Flipboard, Truthout, Truthdig, Popular Resistance, WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD), Portside, Our Community Now, ZNetwork, ScheerPost, Progressive Hub and
Covers:  Criminal justice system, Police Misconduct, The War On Drugs, Activism, Womyn's issues, Goverment corruption, Public private partnerships (TIFs PILOTS), social justice, Sex Workers Rights
I host The PoliceAccountabilityReport to hold police accountable for crimes and dedicated to telling YOUR side of the story.Portfolio authory.com/tayagr

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Taya Graham’s Biography

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Taya Graham has a master's degree in Public Policy analysis and worked in the non profit sector on women's issues before becoming a journalist. She is a writer, photographer, podcaster and investigator. And she hopes to uplift and amplify the voices of people who have been ignored by mainstream media. Her greatest wish is that her journalism empowers people to find solutions to the problems threatening our democracy and our health as a society.

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By Mansa Musa, Maximillian Alvarez Verified, Taya Graham Verified
| The Real News Verified
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Are Copwatchers Journalists? Provocateurs? Or Something Else?

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By Taya Graham Verified, Stephen Janis Verified
| ScheerPost
Taya Graham and Stephen Janis TRNN Police auditors, better known as “copwatchers,” have become both famous and notorious for using cell phone cameras and YouTube channels to monitor police activity, confront cops who are breaking the law, and fight for accountability and reform. But is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability?
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Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?

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By Taya Graham Verified, Stephen Janis Verified
| The Real News Verified
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! And I used to sit and watch my mother write on an IBM selectric and I loved the sound. It was a privilege to help replace the ribbon. And I loved helping her find typos! She was a copy writer and I inherited a love of big words from her. (Shadenfreude, Apotheosis, Reliquary! Words are fun!)

How is social media changing news?

This answer is a dissertation! I am not Marshall McCluhan! Social media has fragmented and atomized the power of media- in one sense social media has democratized journalism and at the same time tribalized and trivialized it. The monopolistic power of the aggregator Platforms is the main power as they profit from the work of content creators and journalists without the need to reimburse them and at the same time keep them in a cycle of continuing to provide free content in the desperate hopes of relevance and remuneration. The Internet and social media could be the death of journalism without serious intervention to save the 4th estate.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

I plead the 5th!

Awards

Best Of Baltimore

2019 - Podcasts

CRIME WATCH TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION If you’re not familiar with hosts Sean Yoes, Stephen Janis, and Taya Graham, they’re some of the most experienced police and criminal justice reporters covering the city. Produced at WYPR by Cianna Greaves, listen in for the context around breaking stories, as well as the human stories behind the headlines.

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