Biracial student journalist grapples with covering race protests at Ithaca

The racism protests at Ithaca College this fall have rocked the upstate New York campus as few other events in the school’s 123-year history have. For many student journalists, covering the conflict would be a dream. But for Kira Maddox, the college newspaper’s editor-in-chief, leading the coverage comes with mixed feelings. As a biracial woman, she empathizes with student protesters of color. As a journalist, she’s charged with getting all sides of the story right. In this America Tonight excerpt, Adam May talks with her about how she has covered events on campus while grappling with her identity.