Detroit Equity Action Lab Event | Local News in Detroit: Race, Distrust, and Disconnection | WSU
Inspired by PEN America's report on the state of local news "Losing the News: The Decimation of Local News and the Search for Solutions". Held at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, a conversation on the media ecosystem in Detroit and exploring the relationship between local news, community, and race.
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019
Wayne State University Law School | Partrich Auditorium
471 W. Palmer St. Detroit, MI 48202
The event was co-presented by American Constitution Society - Michigan Lawyer Chapter, Detroit Equity Action Lab/Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, National Association of Black Journalists' Detroit Chapter, and the Society of Professional Journalists / Detroit. The evening featured an opening keynote by Martina Guzmán, and followed by a conversation with local journalists representing various news outlets, including Sarah Alvarez from Outlier Media, Curt Guyette from the ACLU of Michigan, and president of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Detroit Chapter Vincent D. McCraw. The panel discussion was moderated by Ken Coleman.
More details about PEN America:
https://pen.org/event/localnews-detroit/
[The Detroit Equity Action Lab is an initiative of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School. Learn more: detroitequity.org]
