Come join our Black Media Initiative and Director Cheryl Thompson-Morton for the 2nd annual Black Media Futures Conference on March 14!

The half-day, virtual event will explore a number of topics. Read more and register here! lnkd.in/gSWhBfnq

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

'When the Black Future Newsstand launches at AfroTech in Austin, Texas, attendees will be posed with the question: “How can the narratives and innovations of today’s Black community lead us toward a brighter future?” - via @thegrio #AFROTECH23 @afrotech

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Diamond Hardiman shares insights with Axios on championing FULL ownership of Black stories for authentic representation.

Don't miss #BlackFutureNewsstand with The Center for Cultural Power's Mixed Media Mixer at #AfroTech23 tomorrow. #OwnYourNarrative #BlackMediaPower

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'As Americans watch the war crimes being committed in the Middle East, it has led many to question the media’s coverage — and why there is a lack of diversity in voices and experiences from the conflict.'

Clarissa Brooks & #NikiFranco via @essence: essence.com/news/gaza-us-m…

SHUT IT DOWN: Calling on (1) media workers’ unions, (2) non-union media formations, and (3) individual media workers to take up the following tactics to organize against media complicity in manufacturing consent for genocide.

'Whether it is beheaded babies or weapons of mass destruction, American presidents and political leaders have made propagandistic statements to give America the moral high ground to justify its wars.' thetriibe.com/2023/10/confro…

newsrooms when they hire journalists of color to better cover marginalized communities

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newsrooms when those same journalists do what they were hired for and point out bias in coverage decisions

Are you going to AfroTech next month in Austin? If so, you need to drop by The Center for Cultural Power and #ConstellationsFund dope event weaving art 🎨, tech 💻 and civic engagement ✊🏾! Register at the link below, and see you there! Featuring Media 2070: Media Reparations Project!

Very excited to share this inspiring #NewsVoices project! Check out our first video in a series about a Journey Towards #ReparativeJournalism produced by my teammates Diamond H. and Alisha Wang Saville 王卿卿

✨️ Free Press' #NewsVoices team has launched a new project to explore journalism’s history of harm and examine a brighter path forward using a reparations framework with support from @media2070.

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=NkCAKi…

How can journalism grapple with its history of harming Black communities & other communities of color? Read Diamond H. on the launch of Free Press' Reparative Journalism Project and related video:

[Title: Journalism's Violent History Requires Repair] freepress.net/blog/journalis…

'The $11.2 trillion black-white wealth gap is not the result of individual “bad” choices or the biased myths that some groups are more hardworking than others.' ‼️

Stop what you're doing now and read the new report from The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures:
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“The first step toward realizing racial justice is shifting our media system away from narratives of hate by cultivating narratives of repair.”@_collettewatson, Diamond H., and Alicia Bell of Borealis Philanthropy in The Black Wall Street Times. bit.ly/44VB6WT

Outlets like The Kansas City Defender, Capital B, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, The Black Wall Street Times, The Emancipator, Hammer & Hope, Scalawag and more...pay homage to the Black press, which captured the fight for civil rights, equality, and everyday life.

More from philip lewis— whatimreading.net/p/new-black-pr…

New from me: Readers are rightfully frustrated with what's being called “Black media.” The Black press, however, is distinctly different.

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A Belated Apology for Notorious Crime Coverage: But Are Media Better Since Central Park Case?
tinyurl.com/2p8bw663 Carroll Bogert ChicagoDefender Media 2070: Media Reparations Project Wanda S. Lloyd, author | journalist The Marshall Project #mediadiversity David Kreizer Dr. Letrell Crittenden, Ph.D. (he/him) Free Press Diamond H. #NewYorkAmsterdamNews

This is amazing . When we talk about doing away with the 'crime beat' and uplifting stories that actually bring about safety for community, this is the kind of reporting that comes to mind.

'Media reparations call for relinquishing the power and resources that undergird the system of violence and investing them in life-giving forms of media.' - Diamond H. and Collette Watson of Media 2070: Media Reparations Project via The Buffalo News

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'We understand media harm isn't just about money—though that's a huge part of it, because a lot of media profit has been built off anti-Blackness—but has been spiritual; it's been generational and cyclical.' - Collette Watson of Media 2070: Media Reparations Project via CJR cjr.org/the_media_toda…