This book gathers a wide range of ethnic-media crisis coverage case studies to construct a new crisis-time journalism model for ethnic media. By assessing the responses of ethnic news outlets to contemporary crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, events of racial injustice in 2020, environmental disasters, water contamination, and anti-Asian hate these authors highlight the unique contributions of ethnic-media.
Despite the multifaceted challenges facing ethnic news outlets serving four ethnic groups in the U.S. (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans/ Indigenous people) provided their communities with information and analysis during instances of crisis. This study therefore provides valuable insights into the strategies that ethnic news outlets can adopt to stay viable and relevant, especially during a future crisis.
SECTION I: Setting the Stage
Masudul Biswas: Ethnic News Media as Community Journalism: Its Roles During a
Crisis Masudul Biswas: Media in Times of Crises.
SECTION II: Case Studies of Coverage During Crisis Times
George L. Daniels: When Crises Converge in the Black Press: Sustaining
Advocacy, Serving Community Masudul Biswas, Carrie Sipes, Lori Brost: Black
vs. General-Audience Local News Sites in Black-majority Cities: A Comparative
Analysis of First Wave of COVID-19 News Coverage Lisa Paulin, George L.
Daniels: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Native American and Spanish-Language Press
George L. Daniels: Reporting Natural Disasters: Two Black Press Cases
Masudul Biswas: Delta Variant in both Home and New Countries: A Case
Study on How Ethnic Newspapers Served Indian Diaspora in U.S. Claudia
Bawole: The Hmong Times as Community COVID-19 Information Source Lisa
Paulin: Staying in our lane: COVID-19 through Facebook of Spanish-language
broadcast media in North Carolina George L. Daniels: Reporting Natural
Disasters: Two Black Press Cases Masudul Biswas: Delta Variant in both
Home and New Countries: A Case Study on How Ethnic Newspapers Served
Indian Diaspora in U.S. Claudia Bawole: The Hmong Times as Community
COVID-19 Information Source Lisa Paulin: Staying in our lane: COVID-19
through Facebook of Spanish-language broadcast media in North Carolina
Paola Pascual-Ferra: The Role of Spanish-language media in countering
vaccine-related myths and fears among the Latinx community during the
COVID-19 infodemic George L. Daniels: When Drinking Water Becomes
Political: Two Black Newspapers, One Community George L. Daniels:
Accounting For a Crisis of Anti-Asian Hate: Coverage in Two Ethnic Media
Outlets.
SECTION III: Ethnic Media Strategies for the Future
George L. Daniels: Reporting on Crisis Within Indigenous Communities Across
Platforms: The Case of ICT George L. Daniels: Video as Ethnic Media
Strategy George L. Daniels: Video as Ethnic Media Strategy Jiehua Zhang:
Ethnic News Among Chinese Americans: Political Possibilities Ivana
Markova, Ana Lourdes Cardenas and Cristina Azocar: Bilingual Spanish
Journalism: A Roadmap to Preparing Students for the Future Hayg Oshagan:
New Michigan Media: A Collaboration Model for Minority News Media Carrie
Sipes: Creating the Next Generation of Ethnic Media Audiences: Gen Z in
Focus Masudul Biswas: Concluding Thoughts: Ethnic Medias Roles in A Crisis
Context and Future Strategies.
Dr. George L. Daniels is an associate professor of journalism and creative media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Before beginning his academic career, Daniels worked as a writer for a Black-owned newspaper and as a local television news producer.
Dr. Masudul Biswas is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Diversity in journalism and media education are his major research interests. He co-authored a book on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategies: Learning from Journalism and Mass Communication Programs with Professional Impact in 2023.
