EHRP’S LATEST

• The Christian nationalist movement is promoting “biblical economics” — an ideology combining right-wing money, hard-right economic beliefs, and reactionary positions, reports Katherine Stewart. [EHRP / The New Republic]

• The grim reality of service work — and one photographer’s act of resistance against it — drives Rian Dundon’s essay in the EHRP-supported Stranger’s Guide issue, “The World at Work.” [EHRP / Stranger’s Guide]

EHRP IN THE PRESS

• Ann Larson’s forthcoming EHRP-supported memoir, Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register, continues to receive attention ahead of its June 9 release, Literary Hub named it a top nonfiction pick of the month, and Larson recently spoke withOpen Secrets Magazine and appeared on the podcasts “THIS IS REVOLUTION” and “A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan Evison.”
  

  “I have the support of the  Economic Hardship Reporting Project… They support the work that I and a lot of working class journalists do to get these stories out and into the public. Check out EHRP if you’re interested in the kind of story I’m telling.” ~ Ann Larson on “A Fresh Face in Hell”

EHRP IRL

• Karla Murthy’s “The Gas Station Attendant,” an award-winning EHRP-supported documentary feature, screens at New York City’s DCTV Firehouse on June 18, featuring a Q&A between Murthy and EHRP’s Alissa Quart. The doc chronicles Murthy’s South Asian father in a film she calls “a love letter to working class immigrant communities.”

FREELANCERS’ CORNER

Join the Institute for Independent Journalists for a full-day workshop on the business of freelancing on Friday, June 19, in D.C. during the Investigative Reporters and Editors annual conference! Meet assigning editors and learn how to pitch them. Whether you’re new to freelancing or a seasoned journalism entrepreneur, you’ll come away with practical strategies for building your portfolio, landing anchor clients and managing your time and mental health.

Free for IRE conference attendees and $99 for non-conference goers. Tickets and more info here

EHRP RECOMMENDS

• Watch “Home Is a Hotel,” a documentary chronicling the lives of five residents fighting to remain housed in San Francisco’s Single Room Occupancy hotels (SROs). Available on PBS.org