Diamond Hardiman (she/hers) is a cultural organizer grown from the love of a family from Aurora and Park Hill, Colorado. In her role at Free Press, she builds the dreams, power and local journalism needed to forge a reparative media future. She works with the Media 2070 and News Voices teams to name what is required for local-news ecosystems (including journalists, communities, journalism institutions, funders, organizers and policymakers) to confront their histories of harm and listen to communities seeding repair. Before joining Free Press, she worked as a tenants-rights advocate in downtown St. Louis, a bail-support and resource advocate at the St. Louis Bail Project, and a member of a post-conviction team for men facing capital punishment in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated summa cum laude from Saint Louis University with a degree in African American studies and political science. When she is and isn’t alchemizing journalism, language and narrative, you can find her loving on her people, resting well and marveling at nature.
Expert Analysis
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Free Press’ Media 2070 project believes the power of storytelling can hold space for our grief and help us remember the feeling of freedom in our bodies.
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A video from Free Press’ Reparative Journalism Project explores what journalists can learn from movements responding to centuries of violence, theft and oppression.
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Free Press’ Reparative Journalism Project launches with a video exploring the journalism industry’s history of harming Black communities and other communities of color. Watch here.
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The anti-Black history of journalism demands that we now prioritize healing — and consider how restorative practices can change the culture of journalism.
News
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The media industry has a long, fraught history of racism that it has yet to answer for.
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Allowing this case to proceed is a major step toward reining in harmful social-media practices that lead to real-world violence.
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Free Press’ Diamond Hardiman talks to KGNU about the organization’s Reparative Journalism Project.
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The art exhibit portrays a thriving Black-owned media landscape that reflects the wholeness of Black experiences.
Stories
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The Media 2070 team brought its Black Future Newsstand exhibit to the AfroTech conference, where people engaged with its powerful vision of Black liberation.
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A recent event shed light on how newsrooms have harmed Latinx communities in Colorado — and lifted up ways to create much-needed shifts in reporting.
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In January, News Voices: Colorado hosted a Zoom call to discuss some of the ways in which media outlets have harmed Black communities in Colorado.
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Over the past four months, News Voices: Colorado has guided 12 journalists in producing equitable and community-centered storytelling in Boulder County.
