In this one-hour webinar, the GMTaC Lab Director Professor Lisa Parks, and Professor Anna Everett will provide an overview of a letter-writing campaign they led during summer 2020 on the topic of black employees in TV news networks and the coverage of US race relations in TV news. They will discuss how the letter came about, what occurred after it was sent, and offer critical reflections about the process. Then they will introduce two scholars who signed the letter - Professors Brandy Monk-Payton (Fordham University) and Jade Petermon (Georgia State University). Following panelists’ comments, there will be a discussion with participants about the issues raised and the broader question of how to generate public-facing academic interventions with a productive civic or industrial impact. 

The webinar will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, from 3-4 pm PST.
For more information about the webinar see: https://www.filmandmedia.ucsb.edu/event/tv-news-racial-justice-in-the-u-s-critical-reflections-on-a-2020-letter-writing-campaign/