Media Highlights
Elle noted research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of gender and racial parity in the film and television industries.
Salon quoted Christina Bellantoni in an article about the lack of black journalists on the CBS digital team covering the 2020 election.
The Los Angeles Times mentioned a study from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of gender parity among film directors. (Second mention here.)
RealClearPolitics noted a documentary by Daniel Birman about Cyntoia Brown and the role it may have played on bringing national attention to her case.
The Washington Post published an op-ed by David Measer about the value of the data President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, potentially shared with Russian agents.
The Los Angeles Times mentioned research by Stacy Smith, Marc Choueiti and Katherine Pieper of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative that found 16 of the directors for the top 100 grossing movies in 2018 were black, up from six black directors working on the top 100 films in 2017 and eight in 2007.
The Washington Post quoted Mike Ananny about calls to fact-check President Trump's prime-time immigration speech on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Root and Brit + Co featured new research by Stacy Smith, Marc Choueiti and Katherine Pieper of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative that found 16 of the directors for the top 100 grossing movies in 2018 were black, up from six in 2017 and eight in 2007.
The New York Times quoted Nicholas Cull about the private-sector diplomacy employed by corporations, as when Netflix agreed to censor content at the request of the Saudi Arabian government.
The New York Times featured new research by Stacy Smith, Marc Choueiti and Katherine Pieper of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative that found 16 of the directors for the top 100 grossing movies in 2018 were black, up from six in 2017 and eight in 2007. The Los Angeles Times, KPCC-FM, the Boston Globe and Quartz also highlighted the study's results.
The Los Angeles Times featured new research from Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on representation in the film industry.
IndieWire cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of gender parity among film directors for the highest-grossing films.