Beyond the Newsroom

FYI, The Black-Owned Newsroom Has Been Here

July 07, 2020 Renata Sago and Crystal Chavez Season 1 Episode 8
Beyond the Newsroom
FYI, The Black-Owned Newsroom Has Been Here
Show Notes

Black Lives Matter protests across the country have prompted what’s being called a “racial reckoning” within majority-white newsrooms. Black journalists working within these spaces are speaking openly about the systemic racism they have experienced. Beyond the mainstream, though, black-owned newspapers and broadcasters have been the voice of the community for decades, out of necessity. In this episode, we head to Tulsa, Oklahoma to speak with one of the first black family-owned papers in the United States about how it is trying to innovate.