Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Audrey Cooper
08.16.19
Audrey Cooper, first female editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, discusses the challenges of choosing what to cover -- balancing a desire to write about things her readers are interested in, with a need to “give voice to the voiceless,” helping readers break out of their familiar bubbles of awareness to discover a more diverse, unexpected world around them.
Summary:
Audrey Cooper, first female editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, discusses the challenges of choosing what to cover — balancing a desire to write about things her readers are interested in, with a need to “give voice to the voiceless,” helping readers break out of their familiar bubbles of awareness to discover a more diverse, unexpected world around them.
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