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Allissa hosts Issa Rae at USC
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
Allissa appears in PBS docuseries
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
Allissa launches Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab
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 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
Allissa to present in Paris for ICA 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 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
Allissa observes 30th anniversary of LA uprisings
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
Allissa's book is now on Audible
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
Allissa pens new report for SSRC
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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