I have been working in the media for over 17 years and as an independent journalist for nearly eight. I have championed reforms in our industry and challenged the status quo of how we cover stories. For months I have been asking my colleagues: If you went to journalism school did they teach you how to cover an authoritarian government? The majority say no. This is why journalists across the country urgently need to re-examine their foundational approach to their work. Some of the core