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Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch news startup The 19th* to combat misinformation.
A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo to launch news startup The 19th*.
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Trailer | Breaking The News
Preview: Season 25 Episode 11 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo to launch news startup The 19th*.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWhat inspired you to start the 19?
- You know, people of color and women and LGBTQ folx, people on the margins?
That's what I wanted to cover.
- We're trying to disrupt the news industry.
We're really centering the communities that we're trying to serve.
- These things are just in a constant tension.
- I just felt so broken.
- If we fall into the same patterns as other news organizations, are we really that different?
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