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Mon, Jun 25 2012 23:14:47

#NABJ12 Maynard Institute lunch on Media Depictions of Black Males

Panelists Leonard Pitts, columnist Miami Herald (@LeonardPittsJr); Kevin Merida, Washington Post national editor (@meridak) and Mira Lowe, senior editor/features, CNN.com (@miralowe) sponsored by the Maynard Institute (@djmaynard)

  1. SherriWrites
    Sherri Williams@SherriWrites
    #MaynardInstitute discussing images of #black #men in #media #nabj12 #Maynard35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:11:28
  2. rep1968
    Robert E. Pierre@rep1968
    Kevin Merida: we didn't want black men to be bit players in the Being a Black Man Series #nabj2012 #maynard35 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:06:09
  3. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    86% of males depicted on tv were for something criminally related. #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:07:35
  4. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Kevin Merida: You disentangle stereotypes by showing who people really are, not who we think they are. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:07:38
  5. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    "We have to do stories that bring lives to our audience (to dispell stereotypes)." Kevin Merida, National Editor, Washington Post #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:08:19
  6. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Mira Lowe is discussing differences between writing and reporting for mainstream media and ethnic focused media. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:09:04
  7. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    "We did stories highlighting black folks doing regular things," says Mira Lowe, senior editor for features, CNN Digital. #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:09:29
  8. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Kevin Merida: There are more than 400 studies and reports on black men. There are more studies than us than sharks. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:10:34
  9. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Merida: We didn’t want to create a series [for the Post] where black men are bit players in our own narrative. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:11:50
  10. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    "These are real life stories. Just because it shows achievement doesn't mean we're trying to slant things." Mira Lowe #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:11:33
  11. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Lowe dismisses the idea that ethnic outlets are biased toward positive stories, she notes that our worlds are nuanced. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:13:01
  12. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Lowe: The fact that we have to explain our existence (in mainstream media) is real. There is an element of education. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:13:48
  13. SherriWrites
    Sherri Williams@SherriWrites
    #black #press naturally does complete stories on #black #men. in #mainstream newsroom stories have to be justified #nabj12 #Maynard35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:14:35
  14. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Moderator: How did it feel to have to explain your existence? Lowe: It's what we have to do. These stories must be told. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:14:41
  15. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    "It's a responsibility u have to take, and u know it's for the betterment of the company, community," Lowe on pitching stories. #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:16:06
  16. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Leonard Pitts talks about how this perception of black men as dangerous leads to Trayvon style situations. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:16:18
  17. SherriWrites
    Sherri Williams@SherriWrites
    When there is skewed coverage of #black #men in #news "people's lives are diminished or even ended" #LeonardPitts #nabj12 #Maynard35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:17:34
  18. shidabida
    shidaB@shidabida
    Lowe: The fact that we have to explain our existence (in mainstream media) is real. There's an element of education. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:18:39
  19. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Pitts notes that it isn't just white people that associate black men with crime. Our internal perceptions are poisoned. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:18:12
  20. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Pitts quotes from the racial crime statistics, noting that most crime is intra-racial - but perception warps those facts. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:19:24
  21. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    "It affects our kids and how we treat ourselves," Leonard Pitts on depiction of blacks. #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:19:39
  22. SherriWrites
    Sherri Williams@SherriWrites
    Disproportionate #crime #news #stories of #black #men become internalized & affects how we see ourselves #LeonardPitts #nabj12 #Maynard35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:19:51
  23. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Mod Reynolds asks why we are still having these same newsroom conversations after generations have tackled this problem. #nabj12 #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:20:04
  24. marlonawalker
    Marlon A. Walker@marlonawalker
    Intellectual laziness has persisted for too long when it comes to blacks, Pitts says. #mije35th
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:21:41
  25. racialicious
    Racialicious@racialicious
    Pitts thinks the media suffers from "intellectual laziness"; Lowe believes the lack of newsroom wide effort. #mije35th #nabj12
    Thu, Jun 21 2012 11:22:49

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