My journalism beat is Constructive Restorative Journalism, with a focus on peacebuilding, African and diaspora communities, education, migration, interfaith relations, civic life, public interest reporting, and underreported communities.
Constructive Restorative Journalism is a journalism approach that reports problems truthfully while also exploring causes, context, consequences, solutions, dignity, repair, and community transformation.
This beat is important because many communities — especially in Africa, the African diaspora, and underserved areas of the Global North — are often covered through limited frames: crisis, crime, poverty, conflict, corruption, or failure. While these issues must be reported, they should not be the only stories told.
Through this beat, I will examine both challenges and possibilities. I will report on people, institutions, and communities working to solve problems, build peace, improve education, strengthen civic life, protect dignity, and create new futures.
This beat fits new media journalism because digital platforms allow stories to be told through articles, interviews, video, photography, podcasts, newsletters, social media, and community engagement.