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Allissa appears in PBS docuseries

Allissa V. Richardson, PhDNovember 13, 2022

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February 6, 2026

Allissa hosts Issa Rae at USC

February 6, 2026

Allissa’s lab honored Emmy-nominated media mogul Issa Rae with its annual Charlotta Bass Media Trailblazer Award.

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February 6, 2026

November 13, 2022

Allissa appears in PBS docuseries

November 13, 2022

Allissa appeared in Dr. Henry Louis Gates’s newest docuseries, “Making Black America.”

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November 13, 2022

September 18, 2022

Allissa launches Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab

September 18, 2022

The Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab is a decades-long culmination of Allissa’s research.

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September 18, 2022

Allissa invited to third Harvard fellowship

September 18, 2022

Allissa will join the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center to study Black media activism on TikTok.

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September 18, 2022

March 17, 2022

Allissa to present in Paris for ICA 2022

March 17, 2022

Allissa will present her latest research on the Black press at this year’s International Communication Association conference, in Paris.

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March 17, 2022

Allissa lectures at Harvard's Carr Center

March 17, 2022

Allissa spoke about the importance of Africans' mobile journalism during the ongoing Russian invasion into Ukraine at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

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March 17, 2022

March 2, 2022

Allissa observes 30th anniversary of LA uprisings

March 2, 2022

In this Black History Month panel, I discussed the power of community storytelling to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the 1992 LA uprisings.

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March 2, 2022

January 6, 2022

Allissa's book is now on Audible

January 6, 2022

Bearing Witness While Black is available as an audiobook in the new year! Now, you can listen to it on the go. Check it out on Audible.

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January 6, 2022

November 30, 2021

Allissa pens new report for SSRC

November 30, 2021

In this commissioned report, I explore how a decade of intrepid Black mobile journalism changed the world.

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November 30, 2021

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