Beyond the Newsroom
FYI, The Black-Owned Newsroom Has Been Here
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.
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.