Media Highlights

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.

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.

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.

CNN
A pandemic, pay cuts and furloughs. And that was just the first month for BuzzFeed News' new editor.
June 2, 2020

CNN featured Mark Schoofs on his new role as the editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News and how he'll balance that with his role at USC Annenberg.

ABC World News Now
Citizen journalism on the frontlines
June 2, 2020

ABC World News Now interviewed Allissa Richardson about the protests against police violence and the role that citizen smartphone videos play in holding law enforcement accountable.

Agence France-Presse
Memory of Rodney King riots looms over L.A. protests
June 2, 2020

Agence France-Presse quoted Allissa Richardson in an article comparing protests in Los Angeles over the police killing of George Floyd to the unrest following the Rodney King verdict.

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.

WSPA-TV (Greenville, S.C.)
Protesters use digital activism to amplify voices of marginalized groups during fight for justice
June 1, 2020

WSPA-TV interviewed Allissa Richardson on how, while smartphone footage of police violence against Black people can be a powerful tool for holding law enforcement accountable, repeated showing of these videos can be traumatic and exploitative.

The Undefeated
A letter to my white friends: You come to me as an expert on sports, but I am also an expert on being black
June 1, 2020

Journalism major Reagan Griffin, Jr. penned an essay for The Undefeated calling on white Americans to take action to support the Black community. "Advocate on our behalf in the spaces where we are not and cannot be present," he wrote.

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