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Tony Cavin

Stories

  • National

    How NPR decides the words we use to describe war

    In newsrooms, there are constant debates over how journalists should use certain words. We're pulling back the curtain to provide some transparency on the words you hear — or don't hear — from NPR.

  • caption: Police respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. At least 10 people were killed in Saturday's violence, which authorities are investigating as a racially motivated attack.
    National

    Why NPR isn't using the word 'manifesto'

    The Buffalo suspect allegedly published a 180-page document online that repeats a series of racist conspiracy theories in an attempt to justify his plan to search out African Americans and kill them.