Laura Flanders & Friends | Undercovered Realities / Innovative Reporters: BIPOC Media in 2023 @LauraFlandersAndFriends | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 43 minutes ago.
Description: Water price hikes, the end of federal relief; what’s driving houselessness and food insecurity in 2023, and what’s life like for pregnant, LGBTQ and trans people in Ron DeSantis’s Florida? Our monthly Meet the BIPOC Press roundtable looks at the “undercover stories” likely to dominate the year ahead. How will our partners be reporting the stories that others don’t? Laura is joined by Mitra Kalita, the publisher of Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter based in Queens, New York, and the co-founder of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets; Alexandra Martinez, Senior Reporter with Prism, whose reporting on such topics as immigration and the affordable housing crisis also appears in VICE, CNN, and other outlets; and Malak Silmi, the local government reporter for Outlier Media, a Detroit-based service journalism organization with a mission to empower Detroit residents to hold landlords, municipal government, and elected officials accountable for longstanding problems. What are some of their stories?
“This is the year that much of mainstream America is accepting that we are either in or about to enter our recession. For communities of color, we've been there for the last year.” - S. Mitra Kalita, Epicenter NYC
“[At] Prism, we are a BIPOC-led newsroom . . . That allows us to bring nuance to the reporting that we do. Without that nuance, you really can't have honest, truthful storytelling.” - Alexandra Martinez
“We employ citizens from across the city and the state to go into local meetings.. and simply document . . . This has helped serve a lot of reporters as well as a lot of citizens.” - Malak Silmi, Outlier Media
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GUESTS:
S. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media; CEO & Publisher, Epicenter-NYC
Alexandra Martinez: Senior News Reporter, Prism
Malak Silmi: Reporter, Outlier Media
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform (Available Monday, 1/30): lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/bipoc-media-building-local-power-through-reporting
✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/77885127
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently: youtu.be/JpeCvn2U52c
Imara Jones: The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: youtu.be/MIsFPAWibQQ
Forget Everything You Know About Texas: youtu.be/Bd1hWJU_6Bg
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ACCESSIBILITY
This episode is closed captioned.
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
#BIPOCMedia #CommunityJournalism #Reporting #LocalJournalism #LocalMedia #URLMedia #CommunityNews #NewsOutlet #ServiceJournalism #EpicenterNYC #Prism #OutlierMedia #Detroit #Michigan #Miami #Florida #Queens #NewYorkCity
Description: Water price hikes, the end of federal relief; what’s driving houselessness and food insecurity in 2023, and what’s life like for pregnant, LGBTQ and trans people in Ron DeSantis’s Florida? Our monthly Meet the BIPOC Press roundtable looks at the “undercover stories” likely to dominate the year ahead. How will our partners be reporting the stories that others don’t? Laura is joined by Mitra Kalita, the publisher of Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter based in Queens, New York, and the co-founder of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets; Alexandra Martinez, Senior Reporter with Prism, whose reporting on such topics as immigration and the affordable housing crisis also appears in VICE, CNN, and other outlets; and Malak Silmi, the local government reporter for Outlier Media, a Detroit-based service journalism organization with a mission to empower Detroit residents to hold landlords, municipal government, and elected officials accountable for longstanding problems. What are some of their stories?
“This is the year that much of mainstream America is accepting that we are either in or about to enter our recession. For communities of color, we've been there for the last year.” - S. Mitra Kalita, Epicenter NYC
“[At] Prism, we are a BIPOC-led newsroom . . . That allows us to bring nuance to the reporting that we do. Without that nuance, you really can't have honest, truthful storytelling.” - Alexandra Martinez
“We employ citizens from across the city and the state to go into local meetings.. and simply document . . . This has helped serve a lot of reporters as well as a lot of citizens.” - Malak Silmi, Outlier Media
_________________
GUESTS:
S. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media; CEO & Publisher, Epicenter-NYC
Alexandra Martinez: Senior News Reporter, Prism
Malak Silmi: Reporter, Outlier Media
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform (Available Monday, 1/30): lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/bipoc-media-building-local-power-through-reporting
✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/77885127
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently: youtu.be/JpeCvn2U52c
Imara Jones: The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: youtu.be/MIsFPAWibQQ
Forget Everything You Know About Texas: youtu.be/Bd1hWJU_6Bg
________________________________________________________________________
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.
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
#BIPOCMedia #CommunityJournalism #Reporting #LocalJournalism #LocalMedia #URLMedia #CommunityNews #NewsOutlet #ServiceJournalism #EpicenterNYC #Prism #OutlierMedia #Detroit #Michigan #Miami #Florida #Queens #NewYorkCity
