What Have We Learned About Covering the Racial Reckoning?

Presented at ONA20
September 30, 2020
More from this event →

This resource is sponsored by:

The death of George Floyd this summer sparked social movements across the country. It also set off deep introspection and analysis across America’s newsrooms – including ours – about the portrayal of communities of color and the historically unequal treatment of nonwhite colleagues. NBC University presents a conversation around how our newsroom is tackling the way we cover race and inequality in America. We’ll examine how our journalism changed and some takeaways for your own newsrooms.

Speakers

Trymaine Lee
Correspondent, MSNBC
Janelle Rodriguez
SVP, Editorial, NBC News
Michelle Garcia
Editorial Manager, NBC BLK
Sandra Lilley
Managing Editor, NBC Latino
Anzio Williams
Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, NBCUniversal Owned Stations

Moderators

Catherine Kim
Global Head of Digital News, NBC News | MSNBC
Jump to Resources
Related Tags
Related Topics
Additional Reading

Related Resources
All Resources

ONA20

How Crosswords and Other Puzzles Can Create More Loyal Readers (and Higher Revenue)

  • John Temple
  • Moderated by Hanaa Rifaey

Crosswords and other puzzles have been valued by print readers for generations. They can be even more valuable for online publications. The New York Times is an obvious example....

ONA20

Bringing Local News Back: Leveraging Independent Content Creators to Help Irrigate News Deserts

  • Vincent Wu
  • Greg Vederman
  • Jamie Burton

Shifting reading habits, social media, and 24-hour cable news have created “news deserts” throughout the country, where local news no longer exists. News Break will be...

ONA20

Reporting as Journalists of Color: Why We Need to Add “Safety” to Our Conversations about Diversity in Our Newsrooms

It seems everyone in journalism is talking about the importance of diversity in the newsroom. What’s missing in the conversation are the specific safety risks journalists of...