Media 2070 examines the history of anti-Black racism in the U.S. media system and the need to understand these harms in order to build a reparative future.

Media 2070 celebrates two years of organizing, storytelling, and collective action for media reparations, reflecting on the people, partnerships, and milestones that shaped the journey.

Media 2070 debuted Black in the Newsroom in Phoenix, bringing journalists, artists, organizers, and community members together to confront systemic racism in the media and imagine a more just media future.

One year after launching its call for media reparations, Media 2070 reflects on the people, partnerships, and collective actions that helped turn a vision for media justice into a growing movement.

Ida B. Wells risked her life to expose the truth about lynching and challenge racist narratives in the media. Her legacy continues to shape the fight for justice in journalism today.

The Tulsa Massacre was not only a story of racial violence — it was also a story of media power. As Tulsa remembers Greenwood, Media 2070 examines how local newspapers fueled the massacre, helped bury its history and how Black journalists fought to keep the truth alive.

Black Narrative is about more than being heard, it is about shaping the stories, systems and futures that shape our lives. Media 2070 reflects on a moth of collective dreaming, movement journalism and visions of Black joy and self-determination.

What happens when Black communities have the power to shape their stories that shape our world? In February 202, Media 2070 explored Black narrative power, media justice and the possibilities of a future built through collective memory, storytelling, repair and imagination.

The Kansas City Star’s apology is part of a larger reckoning with the racism embedded in American media. But an apology is only the beginning. What would it mean to truly repair the harm and build a media system where Black communities have the resources and power to tell, shape, and own their own stores?

The Kerner Report called out racism in the media 50 years ago. Joseph Torres looks at what has changed, what hasn’t, and why control over our own stories still matters.