Laura Flanders & Friends | BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently @LauraFlandersAndFriends | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 34 minutes ago.
When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missing many important stories. That's the message from this roundtable of journalists we call Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly feature of the Laura Flanders Show. What do the money media’s hits and misses tell us about what journalists need to be doing better — or differently — in the weeks and months ahead? For this conversation, Laura is joined by S. Mitra Kalita, the publisher of Epicenter-NYC and co-founder of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets that partners with the Laura Flanders Show every month; Habib Rahman, the cofounder of TBN24, the first Bangladeshi 24/7 live television channel in the US, and Stephanie Williams, the executive editor of the IE Voice and Black Voice News serving Southern California. How did their outlets meet the needs of their constituents and voters? Some of the answers are pretty surprising.
"Mainstream media is covering misinformation and they're covering the polls. They're not really covering abortion, climate change, your garbage pickup, your kid's PTA.” - S. Mitra Kalita
“We have a small network, TBN24. Compared to MSNBC or CNN or Fox we are minute, but they don't understand the power of local journalism, local stations and the influence that we have on the local people.” - Habib Rahman
“Looking within our communities we should be reading the pulse of what's happening there, and if it's contrary to the polls, we should use our voices and speak up and say, that's not what we're seeing in my community, regardless of what the polls say.” - Stephanie Williams
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GUESTS:
S. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media; CEO & Publisher, Epicenter-NYC
Habib Rahman: Co-Founder, TBN24, Bangladeshi Global Digital TV
Stephanie Williams: Executive Editor, IE Voice & Black Voice News
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform (available Monday, 11/28): lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/bipoc-media-covered-the-elections-differently
✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/episode-notes-75172597
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
Democrats Stave Off Disaster, For Now?: youtu.be/H6VElDn4_v0
Voting Rights: BIPOC Media Sound the Alarm: youtu.be/IcTHiOkSOWI
Black Candidates, Black Media: Making Coverage Complex—And Better: youtu.be/xafr1tT7xmc
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Director of Development: Alicia Duque
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
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#Media #Election #BIPOCMedia #ElectionResults #Midterms #2022Election #Voters #Polls #VoterSuppression #VoterTurnout #BallotInitiative #BIPOCVoter
When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missing many important stories. That's the message from this roundtable of journalists we call Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly feature of the Laura Flanders Show. What do the money media’s hits and misses tell us about what journalists need to be doing better — or differently — in the weeks and months ahead? For this conversation, Laura is joined by S. Mitra Kalita, the publisher of Epicenter-NYC and co-founder of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets that partners with the Laura Flanders Show every month; Habib Rahman, the cofounder of TBN24, the first Bangladeshi 24/7 live television channel in the US, and Stephanie Williams, the executive editor of the IE Voice and Black Voice News serving Southern California. How did their outlets meet the needs of their constituents and voters? Some of the answers are pretty surprising.
"Mainstream media is covering misinformation and they're covering the polls. They're not really covering abortion, climate change, your garbage pickup, your kid's PTA.” - S. Mitra Kalita
“We have a small network, TBN24. Compared to MSNBC or CNN or Fox we are minute, but they don't understand the power of local journalism, local stations and the influence that we have on the local people.” - Habib Rahman
“Looking within our communities we should be reading the pulse of what's happening there, and if it's contrary to the polls, we should use our voices and speak up and say, that's not what we're seeing in my community, regardless of what the polls say.” - Stephanie Williams
_________________
GUESTS:
S. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media; CEO & Publisher, Epicenter-NYC
Habib Rahman: Co-Founder, TBN24, Bangladeshi Global Digital TV
Stephanie Williams: Executive Editor, IE Voice & Black Voice News
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform (available Monday, 11/28): lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/bipoc-media-covered-the-elections-differently
✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/episode-notes-75172597
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
Democrats Stave Off Disaster, For Now?: youtu.be/H6VElDn4_v0
Voting Rights: BIPOC Media Sound the Alarm: youtu.be/IcTHiOkSOWI
Black Candidates, Black Media: Making Coverage Complex—And Better: youtu.be/xafr1tT7xmc
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Director of Development: Alicia Duque
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
________________________________________________________________________
The Laura Flanders Show is non-commercial independent media that relies on the contributions of viewers and listeners.
DONATE TODAY at lauraflanders.org/donate or consider becoming a PATREON partner at patreon.com/thelfshow
📩 SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: lauraflanders.org
🎧 LOOKING FOR UNCUT INTERVIEWS? Patreon subscribers get exclusive access to our full uncut conversations and audio extras! Join our growing family today! patreon.com/thelfshow
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow
Website: lauraflanders.org
Patreon: patreon.com/thelfshow
Subscribe to our podcast: lauraflanders.org/listen
📚 Shop our Bookshop Store: bookshop.org/shop/thelfshow
ACCESSIBILITY
This episode is closed captioned.
#Media #Election #BIPOCMedia #ElectionResults #Midterms #2022Election #Voters #Polls #VoterSuppression #VoterTurnout #BallotInitiative #BIPOCVoter
