Summary: <p>This week we take a close look at how the words we choose can unknowingly condemn people caught up in the criminal justice system. Plus, the costs and complications of working as a journalist while incarcerated. And, the overlooked, self-trained women journalists of the Vietnam War.</p> <p>1. Brooke tracks the evolution of language in the early days of Biden's presidency. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/thoughts-presidential-prose-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>2. Akiba Solomon [<a href="https://twitter.com/akibasolomon">@akibasolomon</a>], senior editor at The Marshall Project, explains how terms like "inmate" and "offender" can distract, dehumanize, and mislead, and why "people-first" language is more appropriate for journalists. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/i-am-not-your-inmate-weight-language-criminal-justice-reporting-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>3. John J. Lennon [<a href="https://twitter.com/johnjlennon1">@johnjlennon1</a>], contributing writer at The Marshall Project and contributing editor <em>Esquire</em>, tells us what it's like to read and report the news while inside prison. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/inside-looking-out2-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>4. <a href="https://www.elizabethbecker.com/">Elizabeth Becker</a>, author of <em><a href="https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/elizabeth-becker/you-dont-belong-here/9781541768215/">You Don't Belong Here</a></em>, on how women journalists covered the Vietnam War in groundbreaking ways, and yet were forgotten by history. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/you-dont-belong-here2-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p><em>Music from this week's show:</em></p> <p><em>Tilliboyo (“Sunset”) — Kronos QuartetBewitched, Bothered and Bewildered — Brad Mehldau The Butterfly — The Bothy BandClonycavan Man — Gerry O’BeirneJohn’s Book Of Alleged Dances — Kronos QuartetCarmen Fantasy — Anderson & Row</em></p>
