Media Highlights
Scientific American featured research by doctoral student Ho-Chun Herbert Chang on how mathematicians defined as "elite" are usually American or European. "This is urging elite institutions to think carefully about how they can help elevate underrepresented mathematicians," he said.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Roberto Suro on President Biden's shift on comprehensive immigration reform. “Comprehensive immigration reform was already dead," Suro said. "It was dead for years. Now it’s really dead.”
The New York Times quoted Carmen Lee in an article about a new report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of diversity in the music industry.
The Los Angeles Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles in top movies that went to Latinos.
NPR featured research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles for Muslim characters in recent popular films.
USA Today cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles in top movies that went to Latinos.
The Los Angeles Times featured an article by Heather John Fogarty on Michele Harper, an ER physician who wrote a book about being a Black woman in a largely white male profession. "Harper gives voice and humanity to patients who are marginalized and offers poignant insight into the daily sacrifices and heroism of medical workers," she wrote.
NBC News cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles in 2019's top movies that went to Latinos.
NBC News featured research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the extremely low percentage of speaking roles for Muslim characters in recent popular films. "Muslims live all over the world, but film audiences only see a narrow portrait of this community," said study co-author Al-Baab Khan.
Today featured Robert Kozinets on influencer marketing and the growing influencer economy. "Human beings have been enormously creative throughout our history at finding ways to use our relationships with one another in both economic and social ways," he said.
The Los Angeles Times featured research by Stacy Smith of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the extremely low percentage of speaking roles for Muslim characters in recent popular films. The study will power a new Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion, which is focused on Muslim representation in media.
The New York Times featured an op-ed by Mark Schoofs on the need for federal protection of whistleblowers. "The government has generally avoided prosecuting journalists. But it seems to feel no compunction about going after the people who give journalists their information," he wrote.