Friend,

Veteran NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw recently made headlines when he said on Meet the Press that "Hispanics should work harder at assimilation." Unfortunately, this kind of racist perspective is all too common in the media.

Join Free Press this Wednesday for our second State of the Media town hall, which will explore race, power, the media and White supremacy. This conversation, which will begin online at 7 p.m. ET this Wednesday, couldn't be more timely.

Hope you can make it —

Lucia

Friend,

The news has incredible power to influence how we think and react to the world around us. With this comes a responsibility to disseminate truth and challenge the powers that be.

We need a free press.

We also need a press that doesn’t replicate the racist and xenophobic stereotypes about communities of color and immigrants that make up the Trump administration’s talking points. We need journalism that calls racism what it is, disavows White nationalism and empowers the voices of journalists and editors of color as well as the communities being reported on.

But how do we get there?

In our second State of the Media town hall, Free Press’ Alicia Bell will be talking with journalists, advocates and policy experts about how to challenge and change a media that normalizes White supremacy in the Trump era. RSVP to join this conversation.

• What: Who Does the News Believe? A Conversation About Race, Power, the Media and White Supremacy
• When: Wed., Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. ET
• Who: Santa Fe Reporter Staff Writer Aaron Cantú, FAIR Program Director and Counterspin Host Janine Jackson, Define American Communications Director Kristian Ramos, Free Press’ News Voices Director Mike Rispoli and independent writer, editor and multimedia journalist Lewis Wallace
• RSVP: Sign up for the webinar and we’ll send you all the info you’ll need to join in.

You don’t want to miss out: Register now to join us online for our second State of the Media town hall on Wed., Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. ET.

Thanks for all that you do,

Lucia, Joe, Alicia and the rest of the Free Press team
freepress.net

P.S. Join us online this Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET for our State of the Media town hall for a conversation about race, power, the media and White supremacy.