Media Reparations

  • Image of Media 2070 Campaign Manager Venneikia Williams (top row, second from right) with students from her class on media history and the fight for reparations

    Diagnosing the Media System: Media 2070 Launches a College Course

    Diagnosing the Media System: Media 2070 Launches a College Course July 31, 2023   In 2020, months after racial-justice protesters…

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  • Black Future Newsstand event in Harlem

    Black Future Newsstand: Media Filled with Joy and Liberation

    Black Future Newsstand: Media Filled with Joy and Liberation June 28, 2023 — Collette Watson   Almost two years ago,…

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  • Tianna Manon and film subject Elizabeth Montgomery during the Media2070 town hall.

    Powerful Town Hall Spotlights Media 2070’s Award-Winning Documentary

    Powerful Town Hall Spotlights Media 2070’s Award-Winning Documentary April 6, 2023   Black in the Newsroom is an award-winning documentary…

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  • Former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

    Diagnosing the History of Racism in the Media

    Diagnosing the History of Racism in the Media October 13, 2022 — Joseph Torres   It has been two years…

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  • Collage of six photos of Media 2070 team members and allies

    Happy Birthday, Media 2070: A Year in Review

    Happy Birthday, Media 2070: A Year in Review October 7, 2022 — Collette Watson This October marks two years since…

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  • Media 2070 turns one

    Celebrating One Year of Media 2070’s Fight for Reparations

    Celebrating One Year of Media 2070’s Fight for Reparations October 6, 2021 — Venneikia Williams our souls are woven in…

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  • Image of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Journalism pioneer and anti-lynching activist.

    The Legacy of Ida B. Wells

    The Legacy of Ida B. Wells July 16, 2021 — Alicia Bell Today we celebrate the birthday of pioneering anti-lynching…

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  • Viola Ford Fletcher, a 107-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Massacre, recently testified in Congress about the devastation and trauma she and her community experienced.

    How Local Media Fueled the Tulsa Massacre — and Covered It Up

    How Local Media Fueled the Tulsa Massacre — and Covered It Up May 27, 2021 — Joseph Torres   The…

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  • Screenshot of movement journalists and activists taking part in a roundtable discussion called “Reclaiming Our Story”.

    A Future Ripe with Black Joy and Self-Determination

    A Future Ripe with Black Joy and Self-Determination February 25, 2021 — Tauhid Chappell, Lucia Martínez   February 2021 has…

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  • February 2021 Is Black Narrative-Power Month at Media 2070

    February 2021 Is Black Narrative-Power Month at Media 2070 February 1, 2021 — Collette Watson Narratives shift the culture, and…

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