Media Highlights
The Washington Post mentioned a study from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of gender parity among film critics.
Reuters quoted Philip Seib of the Center on Public Diplomacy about President Donald Trump and his cabinet members' use of social media to execute public diplomacy.
The Associated Press quoted Mike Chinoy of the U.S.-China Institute about President Donald Trump's summit with the leader of North Korea.
The Orange County Register quoted Dan Schnur about the new head of California's Republican Party.
Bloomberg highlighted research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the entertainment industry. The story mentioned the "inclusion rider" proposed by Stacy Smith, which actress Frances McDormand mentioned in her Academy Award acceptance speech last year. CBS News, BBC, The Root and PBS cited results from various studies by Smith.
The Associated Press quoted Joe Saltzman about the media's treatment of the Jussie Smollett story.
Yahoo quoted Dan Schnur about Sen. Kamala Harris' early-state strategy for the Democratic presidential primaries.
The Nation quoted Safiya Umoja Noble about the implicit bias built into search engines and computer software.
The Washington Post published an op-ed by Keith Plocek on how ride-hailing apps have changed dating.
The New York Times quoted Marty Kaplan of the Norman Lear Center about Vanity Fair's Oscar Party. The paper also quoted Kaplan about the devices television writers use to write characters out of storylines.
LAist cited comments by Clayton Dube of the U.S.-China Institute about the Shen Yun advertisements seen across Los Angeles.
The New York Times quoted Stacy Smith of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative about the strides made in diversity within the entertainment industry. The BBC also cited their research.