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Black Candidates, BIPOC Media: Making Coverage Complex—and Better
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New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer who was himself beaten by the cops as a teenager, Adams campaigned against police brutality while positioning himself as a law and order candidate. Though much of the mainstream media has attempted to simplify Adams’ story, he’s a complex candidate who isn’t easily boxed in. What are the national implications of all this? In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests about covering Black candidates as Black and Brown media. Plus: reflections from Laura on the January 6th Capitol insurrection hearings and why it matters whom we hear from in the media. Music in the Middle: “Negro Sobre Blanco” by Grammy nominated Latinx artist Sofia Rei from her album Umbral.
Guest hosts:
Sara Lomax-Reese, co-founder of URL Media, a new network of Black and Brown-owned and led community media organizations. And President and CEO of WURD, Philadelphia’s black owned radio station
Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media, and CEO and Publisher of Epicenter, NYC
Guests:
Charles D. Ellision, is the executive producer and Host of WURD Radio’s “Reality Check”; and he’s the publisher of The BeNote covering politics and policies and a Contributing editor at The Root and The Philadelphia Citizen
Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, is the founder and Partner at Hollis Public Affairs. She held office as a New York City Councilwoman from 2009 to 2017.
Felipe De La Hoz, Independent Journalist, co creator of Border Lines, a immigration policy newsletter. He’s contributed as a independent journalist to The Intercept, The Washington Post, and The Nation to name a few.
While mainstream media or money media keeps you in a bubble, we’re committed to popping that bubble by continuing to bring you radical, intersectional media! Can we depend on you to chip in? Go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate and join our team by making a donation today. Thanks
The Laura Flanders Show Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie Hopper
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Manage episode 298770030 series 2391908
Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow
New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer who was himself beaten by the cops as a teenager, Adams campaigned against police brutality while positioning himself as a law and order candidate. Though much of the mainstream media has attempted to simplify Adams’ story, he’s a complex candidate who isn’t easily boxed in. What are the national implications of all this? In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests about covering Black candidates as Black and Brown media. Plus: reflections from Laura on the January 6th Capitol insurrection hearings and why it matters whom we hear from in the media. Music in the Middle: “Negro Sobre Blanco” by Grammy nominated Latinx artist Sofia Rei from her album Umbral.
Guest hosts:
Sara Lomax-Reese, co-founder of URL Media, a new network of Black and Brown-owned and led community media organizations. And President and CEO of WURD, Philadelphia’s black owned radio station
Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media, and CEO and Publisher of Epicenter, NYC
Guests:
Charles D. Ellision, is the executive producer and Host of WURD Radio’s “Reality Check”; and he’s the publisher of The BeNote covering politics and policies and a Contributing editor at The Root and The Philadelphia Citizen
Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, is the founder and Partner at Hollis Public Affairs. She held office as a New York City Councilwoman from 2009 to 2017.
Felipe De La Hoz, Independent Journalist, co creator of Border Lines, a immigration policy newsletter. He’s contributed as a independent journalist to The Intercept, The Washington Post, and The Nation to name a few.
While mainstream media or money media keeps you in a bubble, we’re committed to popping that bubble by continuing to bring you radical, intersectional media! Can we depend on you to chip in? Go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate and join our team by making a donation today. Thanks
The Laura Flanders Show Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie Hopper
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
TikTok: tiktok.com/@thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow
YouTube: youtube.com/@thelfshow
ACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel
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