Venue

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 5th Floor Auditorium
8TH AND G STREETS NW, WASHINGTON, DC, DC
Screening Information
Program
Breaking the News
Date
June 17
TIME
4:30 pm - 6:45 pm
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June 17 @ 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Breaking the News

Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora wanted to do something radical about the white men dominating newsrooms. “70% of policy and politics editors are men, almost all of them are white,” says Emily. “These are the people deciding which stories are told, who is telling them, and whether they will be on the front page or the back page, if they get there at all.” So, Emily and Amanda along with Editor-at-Large Errin Haines and a scrappy group of fearless women and non-binary journalists band together to buck the status quo and launch The 19th*, a digital news start-up. Named after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote, but with an asterisk to acknowledge the Black women and women of color who were omitted, the 19th’s work is guided everyday by the asterisk – asking who is being omitted from the story, and how can they be included. The film documents the honest discussions at The 19th* around race and gender equity and inclusion, revealing that change doesn’t come easy, and showcasing how one newsroom confronts these challenges both as a workplace and in their journalism.
Details
- Date:
- June 17
- Time:
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4:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
- Website:
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Venue
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 5th Floor Auditorium
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8TH AND G STREETS NW
WASHINGTON, DC, DC 20001 United States - View Venue Website