Overview:
Writer Vania André introduces Inside The Haitian Instances, a brand new weblog providing transparency into editorial choices, newsroom practices, and the values that form the publication’s work.
At The Haitian Instances, we’ve at all times believed that how we do our work is simply as vital because the tales we inform.
Each headline, each spelling selection, each product determination is rooted in intention — guided by our duty to replicate Haitian tradition with depth, accuracy, and respect. That perception has formed our journalism for the reason that starting, even when it meant making selections that ran in opposition to mainstream media norms.
Right now, we’re taking that dedication one step additional.
We’re launching Inside The Haitian Instances, a brand new weblog that provides a better have a look at how our newsroom works — not simply what we publish, however how and why we make the editorial choices we do. This area is for our fellow journalists and media friends—and, most significantly, our most loyal readers —who care about accountability, illustration, and the craft of telling Haitian tales properly.
Inside The Haitian Instances is the place we’ll share not simply the pondering behind editorial selections, but additionally the folks, processes, and design choices that form how our journalism lives on the planet. From language option to spelling requirements to product updates, this weblog is your window into how and why we inform the tales that matter to the Haitian group — and the way we ship them to you.
We’re opening the weblog with a publish that will appear small, however carries actual cultural weight: how we spell sure Haitian phrases.
In mainstream media, phrases like Vodou and konpa are sometimes misspelled or misrepresented — reinforcing dangerous stereotypes or diluting cultural significance. Within the Haitian Instances, language is historic, political and tied to identification.
So we invite you to learn our first publish:
Why spelling Haiti’s non secular and musical traditions accurately is about respect, accuracy and cultural literacy
A Pleasant Haitian Creole Spelling PSA: It’s Vodou and konpa. In it, our editors Macollvie Neel and Fritznel Octave clarify why these spellings matter, and the way language can both honor a tradition or erase it.
That is the sort of dialog we’re excited to have with you — considerate, intentional, and rooted in respect for our tradition and group.
Glad studying.
– Vania