“Not interested in telling stories from the top down”: SFChronicle reporter Otis Taylor Jr on the media’s ability to open readers’ eyes by sharing diverse stories, the importance of local journalism, and his Kenny Chesney tailgate adventure.

* Otis Taylor Jr in the San Francisco Chronicle

* Bay Area Black Voices: Why I Protest – photojournalism project with Yalonda M. James

* Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders aka The Kerner Report – PDF here

* Nieman Center research on Local Journalism

* The Other Side of 40 Podcast

Crossing fingers Otis gets to see Long Beard in concert, in person, soon!

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the Midlife Mixtape podcast – check him out here!