The Los Angeles Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of diversity behind the camera in the entertainment industry.
Mary Murphy spoke with Yahoo News UK about how social media savvy helped fuel the Kardashian media empire. “They were raised by the internet," she said. "They understood social media. They were really the prototype for future influencers."
The Los Angeles Times quoted Dan Schnur on the likelihood that California Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a Democratic challenger in his recall election. “Having another Democrat in the race takes away from Newsom’s strongest talking point — that it’s all a partisan exercise,” he said.
ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV featured Roberto Suro on the importance of cultural diversity in California. "Right now, we're engaged in a phenomenal experiment of trying to see how a very diverse, very complex society creates a 21st-century economy that has some equality to it," he said.
The Associated Press quoted Daniel Durbin on the value of a new NFL deal for the major television networks. “I think the networks are still deluding themselves,” Durbin said. “I don’t think they want to believe that the NFL is in any kind of eclipse.”
The Los Angeles Times quoted Miki Turner on moves towards diversity in the literary translation field. “A lot of people are very hopeful for the future of diversity efforts like these," she said. "I’m still in the wait-and-see-box.”
KCRW-FM's The Business cited research from Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on diversity in Netflix's movies and TV shows.
Christina Dunbar-Hester wrote an article for DigiLabour on the themes she explores in her new book, Hacking Diversity.
The Washington Post cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the still-low number of women and Black filmmakers in Hollywood.
Teen Vogue featured Neftalie Williams on how skateboarding can help build community among different types of people. "There is a lot of intergenerational communication happening," he said. "That means there's a shared knowledge."
In an article for Nieman Lab, Mike Ananny wrote that "public editors must speak a new language of platform ethics that is part professional journalism, part technology design, all public values.”
MSNBC featured a column by Marc Ambinder on former President Trump's claims that China interfered with the 2020 election. "Trump politicized intelligence at a cost to our national security and at a significant cost to the bodies, minds and lives of Asian Americans," he wrote. "Add that to his legacy."