Media Highlights

Billboard
Universal Music, Annenberg Inclusion Initiative expand partnership to study racial inequality in music
June 26, 2020

Billboard quoted Carmen Lee in an article about how Universal Music Group and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative are expanding their collaboration to study systemic racial inequality in the music business. The initiative was also covered in Variety.

Wired
Doomscrolling is slowly eroding your mental health
June 25, 2020

Wired quoted Allissa V. Richardson on how Black and non-Black people take different approaches to "doomscrolling" — scrolling through social media during tumultuous times.

Quartz
Half of U.S. broadcast network dramas are about cops
June 24, 2020

Quartz cited a study from Color of Change and the Norman Lear Center on how American police shows tend to normalize injustice in the minds of viewers.

Engadget
Social media’s recent embrace of #BlackLivesMatter was a long time coming
June 24, 2020

Engadget quoted Allissa Richardson about how earlier activists lay the groundwork for the current Black Lives Matter movement.

Governing
Smartphone journalists accelerate push for social justice
June 23, 2020

Governing quoted Allissa Richardson on the significance of Black people using smartphone videos to document state violence against their community.

BBC News
Can viral videos stop police brutality?
June 21, 2020

BBC News interviewed Allissa Richardson about whether smartphone videos can help prevent police violence.

Joe (U.K)
Why no one wins in Boris Johnson's culture wars
June 19, 2020

Afua Hirsch spoke with Joe about the Black Lives Matter movement and the debate over statues of slave traders and other legacies of slavery in the United Kingdom.

NBC News
Twitter memeified justice for Breonna Taylor. But can a joke make change?
June 19, 2020

NBC News quoted Allissa Richardson about how memes about the police killing of Breonna Taylor have been an effective way to increase the momentum for justice in her case.

NBC4 New York
Here's what it means to be a smartphone witness
June 17, 2020

NBC4 New York's Instagram show Listen Up interviewed Allissa Richardson about Black witnessing of police violence.

ABC7 Los Angeles
From Protests to Progress: A conversation on the future of race, justice and social equity in SoCal
June 16, 2020

ABC7 Los Angeles featured Allissa Richardson during a panel discussion on the protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd.

CNN
'We're tired of waiting': GenZ is ready for a revolution
June 16, 2020

CNN quoted Henry Jenkins on how digital media can bring people together around shared interests rather than geographic proximity.

Miami Herald
NASCAR lacks a firm plan to ban the Confederate flag. ‘It’s going to cause a mess.’
June 14, 2020

The Miami Herald quoted Jonathan Kotler on how NASCAR will prohibit the Confederate flag at its events.

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