Choose

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. While place descriptions and news events may coincide with the real world, all characters and the plot are fictional.
Choose is the second book in the Newsroom PDX series by L.J. Breedlove, and was first published in Februaru 2021. 
The series centers around the students involved in the Eyewitness News broadcast station at Portland State University. The story is told in third person, with the perspective moving between characters.
== Publisher Description==
What do you do when all your choices suck?
As far as the student-run Eyewitness News is concerned, J.J. is a journalist. And if he wants to cover the Black Lives Matter protests, EWN needs him there. He'll be a big name someday, the editors say.
J.J.'s father is a Portland police officer, however, and he'd demanding J.J. quit EWN, and quit covering the protests. Or leave home and lose his family.
And J.J. must choose: his family or his future. Sometimes there are no good choice. And J.J. must choose.
Some sex. Bad Language. Lots of politics. It's Portland.
Book 2 in the series: Newsroom PDX.
Released: February 4, 2021
Trigger warning: Attempted suicide.
== Author's Dedication: ==
To college journalists everywhere. We need more committed, idealistic journalists.
To Black Lives Matter. And to the Portland protesters who show up day after day to say their names.
== Period Covered: ==
Monday, October 12, 2020 to Tuesday, October 20, 2020 
== Real life news background: ==
*In pictures: 'Wall of Moms' joins Portland's anti-racism protests (BBC)
*President Trump asked the Proud Boys to 'stand by.' Who are they? (Reuters)
*Dangerous use of crowd-control weapons against medics and protesters in Portland, OR (The Lancet)
*Portland protest that took down statues of former presidents declared a riot by police (ABC News)
*Portland State University to disarm campus security officers (The Oregonian)
*Portland Dads With Leaf Blowers Join Wall of Moms to Blow Back Tear Gas From Police (Newsweek)
*'Wall of vets' join Portland protests to protect free speech (Business Insider)
*PSU to pay $1 million to family of Jason Washington shot and killed by campus police (The Oregonian)
*'American Secret Police'? Trump Deployment of Unidentified Law Enforcement Officials Across DC Sparks Alarm (CommonDreams)
*The Portland Van Abductions (The Verge)
*Fact-check: Are federal agents in Portland kidnapping and holding citizens without charges? (Politifact)
*Breonna Taylor killing: A timeline of the police raid and its aftermath (CNN)
*Trump gloats about US Marshals’ killing of Portland ‘antifa’ suspect (CNN)
*Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse (Wikipedia)
*Legacy of the “Dark Side” (Human Rights Watch)
*Police firing rubber bullets have wounded and permanently disabled protesters and journalists (Business Insider)
*Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement (Brennan Center)
*Unvetted information from Clackamas County officer furthered ‘antifa’ wildfire misinformation (OPB News)
*Officers deploy crowd control agents at protesters outside an ICE building in Portland (CNN)
*White People Make Up Most Arson Charges and 75% of Property Damage Charges Stemming From Portland Protests (Willamette Week)
*Department of Homeland Security Will Reject Initial Requests for DACA As It Weighs Future of the Program (DHS) 
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