The Backstory

Akintunde Ahmad: Reporting On a Buried History


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In this conversation, we talk to 2020-2021 Ida B. Wells fellow Akintunde Ahmad about his investigation “What Happened When Oakland Tried To Make Police Pay for Misconduct.” Ahmad discusses how he developed some of the sources for his story, the challenges he faced reporting on events from decades ago, and what activists can learn from this failed attempt at police reform.
“What Happened When Oakland Tried To Make Police Pay for Misconduct”: https://bit.ly/3CcuZR9
Transcript: https://bit.ly/3C4G0nD
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