Media Highlights

WBUR-FM
How technology plays a role In advancing civil rights for Black Americans
June 8, 2020

WBUR-FM's Here and Now interviewed Allissa Richardson about how smartphones have become important tools for Black civil rights activists.

Rolling Stone
Could music companies help black artists by adjusting old record deals?
June 8, 2020

Rolling Stone wrote about a tweet from School of Communication Director Josh Kun on #Blackout Tuesday that challenged the music industry to address inequities with Black artists.

KTLA-TV
‘Black witnessing’ and protest journalism with author and USC professor Dr. Allissa V. Richardson
June 8, 2020

The KTLA-TV morning news interviewed Allissa Richardson about her new book, Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, and the New Protest #Journalism, and the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd.

The Root
The Good, the Bad and the Traumatic: Reevaluating the role of sharing black death on social media
June 8, 2020

The Root interviewed Allissa Richardson about both the power of Black witnessing, and how the widespread online sharing of images of Black death can also be traumatizing.

MSNBC
Some police policy changes begin amid nationwide protests
June 7, 2020

MSNBC featured Allissa Richardson on how the media and the public are viewing the recent Black Lives Matter protests. "The shift that I see right now is that citizen journalists on the ground are highlighting some things we may not have known before," she said.

Washington Post
My tiny, white town just held a protest. We’re not alone.
June 5, 2020

The Washington Post featured an op-ed by Judy Muller on her small town's Black Lives Matter protest. She was also featured on KCRW-FM.

Good Morning America
Celebrities become loudest voices amid protests across the country
June 4, 2020

Good Morning America featured Christopher Smith on whether celebrity statements about the ongoing civil unrest actually make a difference. "If they're out there, truly on the front lines, tear gas flying, National Guard on the march, then that's a profound statement of solidarity and risk-taking," he said.

PopSugar
12 of Netflix's most powerful documentaries on racial justice
June 4, 2020

PopSugar included Daniel H. Birman's Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story in its list of documentaries on racial justice.

Intellasia
Amid U.S.-China rancour, salvoes are fired in 280 characters
June 3, 2020

Intellasia quoted Nick Cull on how both the Chinese and U.S. governments are responding to protests with heated rhetoric on Twitter.

Mashable
How to be an effective ally online, at protests, and moving forward
June 3, 2020

Mashable interviewed Allissa Richardson about how to be an effective ally, both online and in person, when protesting police violence against Black people.

Los Angeles Times
Voices from the protests: ‘People of all races out risking their lives to march’
June 2, 2020

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Allissa Richardson about people's willingness to protest — even during a pandemic — for an end to police violence.

USA Today
Coronavirus masks set the tone in fashion, politics and industry
June 2, 2020

USA Today quoted Johanna Blakley of the Norman Lear Center on the growing cultural significance of face masks.

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