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.

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