Media

Media

If you are a member of the media and have inquiries, interview requests, or would like to join our press list, please contact Timothy Karr at 201-533-8838, or reach out to him at tkarr@freepress.net.

 

We Need Black Narrative Power to Win Media Reparations

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We Need Black Narrative Power to Win Media Reparations

February 1, 2024

Celebrating Black Innovation: The Black Future Newsstand Blends Tech and Art at AfroTech

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Celebrating Black Innovation: The Black Future Newsstand Blends Tech and Art at AfroTech

October 23, 2023

Journalism for Black Lives: A Reporting Guide

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Journalism for Black Lives: A Reporting Guide

August 30, 2023
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

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Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

July 26, 2023

Buffalo Lawsuit Proves Social Media Is the Latest in Media’s
History of Causing Harm

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Buffalo Lawsuit Proves Social Media Is the Latest in Media’s History of Causing Harm

July 19, 2023

Black Future Newsstand: An Afrofuturist Media Experience Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week

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Black Future Newsstand: An Afrofuturist Media Experience Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week

May 23, 2023

Black in the Newsroom: Media 2070 Debuts Documentary in Phoenix

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Black in the Newsroom: Media 2070 Debuts Documentary in Phoenix

June 2, 2022
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

Wellness Resource List for Media Makers of Color

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Wellness Resource List for Media Makers of Color

February 28, 2022

Ready for Transformative Change’: How the Media 2070 Creators Are Building on the Newsroom Reckonings for 2021

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‘Ready for Transformative Change’: How the Media 2070 Creators Are Building on the Newsroom Reckonings for 2021

December 16, 2021

The Business of Forging a Shared Future Begins With Media Reparations

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The Business of Forging a Shared Future Begins With Media Reparations

November 16, 2021

Future FCC Leaders Must Repair the Harms That Agency Policies Have Inflicted on Black and Brown Communities

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Future FCC Leaders Must Repair the Harms That Agency Policies Have Inflicted on Black and Brown Communities

November 16, 2021
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

Media 2070 One Year Later: Media Reparations Are Needed For A More Equitable Future

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Media 2070 One Year Later: Media Reparations Are Needed for a More Equitable Future

October 24, 2021

The Case for Media Ownership Reparations

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The Case for Media Ownership Reparations

October 8, 2021

Celebrating One Year of Media 2070’s Fight for Reparations

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Celebrating One Year of Media 2070’s Fight for Reparations

October 6, 2021

Mention: Congressional Leaders Urge FCC to Perform Equity Audit

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Congressional Leaders Urge FCC to Perform Equity Audit

June 29, 2021
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

Mention: Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre

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Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre

June 4, 2021

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

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

May 27, 2021

Press Release: Media 2070: Upholding the Trump Ban Won’t Stop Facebook from Inciting Racist Violence

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Media 2070: Upholding the Trump Ban Won’t Stop Facebook from Inciting Racist Violence

May 5, 2021

Press Release: Media 2070 Project Denounces Supreme Court Media-Ownership Ruling

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Media 2070 Project Denounces Supreme Court Media-Ownership Ruling

April 1, 2021
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

Explainer: How the Media Have Fueled Hate Targeting Asian Americans

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How the Media Have Fueled Hate Targeting Asian Americans

March 25, 2021

Blog Post: A Future Ripe with Black Joy and Self-Determination

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A Future Ripe with Black Joy and Self-Determination

February 25, 2021

Mention: Q&A: Media reparations with Collette Watson

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Q&A: Media reparations with Collette Watson

February 11, 2021

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February 2021 Is Black Narrative-Power Month at Media 2070

February 1, 2021
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations

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On Atonement

January 28, 2021

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The Kansas City Star’s Apology Is Part of a Larger Racial Reckoning

December 22, 2020
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‘Appalling and Biased’: Missouri Paper Addresses History of Racist Coverage

December 21, 2020
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Kansas City Star Apologizes for Racism in Decades of Reporting

December 21, 2020
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations
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The Best Journalism of 2020: Covering Racial Justice

December 16, 2020
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‘Ready for Transformative Change’: How the Media 2070 Creators Are Building on the Newsroom Reckonings for 2021

December 16, 2020
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A Hard Look Back

Winter 2020
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Media Reparations: Reconciling the Past to Better Imagine Our Future

October 16, 2020
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations
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Local Fix: Media Reparations

October 9, 2020
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The Media 2070 Project Asks What Media Reparations Would Look Like

October 9, 2020
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‘Media Reparations Could Create a Future of Journalism’: How Media 2070 Seeks to Transform News

October 8, 2020
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The Media 2070 Project

October 7, 2020
Q&A: Media 2070’s Collette Watson on the movement for media reparations
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Two New Words for How We Invest in Media: Reconstruction and Reparations

August 25, 2020
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Why Nonprofit Free Press’ ‘Media 2070’ Project Focuses on Media Reparations

July 16, 2020
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Racism in the Media Persists 50 Years After Kerner Report

March 7, 2018
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Race and the Media: How a New Generation Is Fighting Back

July 9, 2015