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# New Report Shows Black Media's Critical Role in Covering Issues Affecting Black Communities
- URL: https://werd.io/new-report-shows-black-medias-critical-role-in-covering-issues/
- Published: 2021-10-06T14:50:21.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-06T14:50:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"The report, “Why Black Media Matters Now,” analyzed the coverage of nearly 100 Black-owned news outlets over 15 momentous months between March 2020 and May 2021\. In general, it found that Black media publishes as much as six times more coverage than mainstream outlets on issues of importance to Black communities, including racism, health disparities, and voting access."

\[[Link](https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2021/10/new-report-shows-black-medias-critical-role-in-covering-issues-affecting-black-communities/)\]