BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism

BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the centuries-long war on Black bodies through systemic racism and police brutality. In this media roundtable—a collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media—we take a different approach to Memorial Day. One that centers the work of BIPOC journalists from the front lines. How are they responding to the needs of their communities, and where do we go from here?

Our monthly media roundtable is hosted by URL Media co-founders Sara Lomax-Reese and S. Mitra Kalita and features Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder and publisher of The Haitian Times, and Mukhtar Ibrahim, editor and executive director of Sahan Journal.

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CONTENT
Introduction 0:00
Sahan Journal Story 4:30
Police Brutality & Police Reform 7:24
Haitian Perspective on Policing 10:01
Systemic Inequities at Home & Abroad w/ Covid-19 12:19
Next Up for URL Media Partners' Reporting 18:56
Laura's Closing Remarks 23:24

CREDITS
Executive Producer, Laura Flanders
Creative Director, Matt Colaciello
Communications Director, Jeremiah Cothren
Editors, Charlotte Carpenter, Mercedes Gorostiaga, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer, Jeannie Hopper
Co-Director Development, Dominic Marcella
Story Producer, Sabrina Artel
Motion Graphics, Nat Needham
Communications Associate, Mercedes Gorostiaga
Production Assistant, Ryan Hotes

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