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Hurricanes Are Pummeling Us. The Media Is Partially To Blame.

Published Tue, Oct 4 2022 9:01 AM EDT | Updated: 2 weeks ago

Climate change is so much more than a science story. It’s an everything story.

Equity Lab | Articles | Perspectives
Climate & Environment Politics

What the Queen’s Death Can Teach Journalists About Obituaries

Published Mon, Sep 19 2022 9:44 AM EDT | Updated: 2 weeks ago

Obituaries are not tributes. They should reflect people’s whole lives and legacy.

Equity Lab | Articles | Perspectives
Ethics Politics International

Gun Violence Is Surging in New Orleans. These Community Activists Want To Change that.

Published Tue, Jun 28 2022 8:45 AM EDT | Updated: 4 days ago

Montclair journalism students Michelle Coneo Fernandez and Drew Mumich traveled to New Orleans to shadow a crime reporter at a homicide scene.

Equity Lab | Articles
Education Head of the Class

‘In Pete We Trust’: NBC News’ Pete Williams Looks at the Supreme Court’s Future

Published Thu, Jun 16 2022 9:17 AM EDT | Updated: 1 week ago

Retiring NBC News legal correspondent Pete Williams reflects on how Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the impending abortion decision could impact the court.

Equity Lab | Articles | Perspectives
Black Voices LGBTQ+ Voices Politics

NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios Present Grants to Six Documentary Filmmakers

Published Mon, Apr 11 2022 8:07 AM EDT | Updated: 2 weeks ago

This is part of NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios’ second annual ‘Original Voices’ Fellowship celebrating docs supporting diversity and inclusion

Press

NBCU Academy Adds 13 New Academic Partnerships, Expanding Reach to 30 Schools Across the Country

Published Tue, Jan 18 2022 8:10 AM EST | Updated: 2 weeks ago

New Partners Include Accredited Engineering Programs, Including STEM Programs for the First Time

Multi-Year Partnerships Highlight NBCU News Groups’ Unwavering Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Serving Students of Color Pursuing Higher Level Education

Press

One campus editor wanted to boost newsroom diversity. Her solution: pay student reporters.

Published Thu, Aug 19 2021 9:04 AM EDT | Updated: 1 week ago

Serena Chow, former editor-in-chief of Wesleyan University’s campus newspaper, created a fund to support low-income journalists of color. She said the wages are an “issue of access.”

Equity Lab | Articles | Perspectives
Education

Why it’s time for media reparations

Published Thu, Aug 5 2021 8:28 AM EDT | Updated: 1 week ago

From ads for enslaved people to alerts about lynchings, the press has long profited off — and contributed to — Black suffering. Reparations are one way to create a more just industry.

Equity Lab | Articles | Perspectives
Race & Ethnicity

NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios Name Seven Filmmakers as Recipients of ‘Original Voices’ Fellowship

Published Thu, Jun 17 2021 8:59 AM EDT | Updated: 2 weeks ago

NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios together named seven groundbreaking filmmakers for the first inaugural Original Voices fellowship.

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What broad eligibility for relief checks means for politics and the economy

Published Sun, Mar 14 2021 6:23 PM EDT | Updated: 2 days ago

By fighting for high income thresholds, Democrats can frame the checks as a benefit for almost everybody — not just a government handout for the few.

Equity Lab | Articles
Politics Business

NBCU Academy and NBC News studios present “original voices” fellowship to diverse documentary filmmakers

Published Tue, Feb 2 2021 11:42 PM EST | Updated: 2 weeks ago

Jury is Comprised of Award-Winners Dawn Porter, Nanfu Wang and Cristina Costantini

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NBCUniversal News Group Launches NBCU Academy, offering on-campus training and education to universities and community colleges across the country

Published Thu, Jan 14 2021 11:35 PM EST | Updated: 2 weeks ago

Multi-Year Partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Colleges with Significant Black, Indigenous and People of Color Populations Signals Comcast and NBCU News Group’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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