Journalism & Media 2022 (2 years)

Journalism & Media

The Charlotta Bass Journalism and Justice Lab (the Lab), is a new center for the study of “Black witnessing” that celebrates, documents, and engages the public in the history and practices of African American social justice journalism on the West Coast. This flexible support grant enables the Lab to design and launch an interactive archive of the journalistic contributions that Black witnesses have made specifically on the West Coast, to develop a research agenda and carry out scholarly investigations on topics related to “Black witnessing,” and to provide public programming and educational opportunities based on the Lab’s archive and research. The Lab is helping to bring visibility to the contributions of Black media makers to the American story, and it is promoting and bringing greater understanding to the practices and impact of participatory media on the gathering and sharing of news and information.