Race, Sex, Media

On Monday, we'll be taking a closer look at media aimed at women -- online versions of traditional women's magazines, female-focused sections of the mainstream media, and how things have or have not evolved over the years. We'll also discuss  whether the #MeToo movement shaped how the media talks about -- and to -- women. With special guest lecturer Carolyn Libby, producer at WGBH-TV. Required reading/viewing: Watch what you can of tonight’s Democratic debate, hosted by The Washington Post and MSNBC, paying attention to the three (female) moderators, what they ask and how they’re received. Is there a focus on “women’s issues”? Do female candidate get more questions or more time? It’ll be livestreamed at MSNBC.com and WashingtonPost.com (if you can’t watch it live, you should be able to watch snippets or recaps after the fact). “ I Started the Media Men List. My Name Is Moira Donegan ” by Moira Donegan, The Cut “ Shitty Media Men List creator Moira Donegan on

Would creating smaller, niche media outlets better address gender, sex and race issues -- or would they limit understanding, with each one preaching to its own choir? Is the job of the media to reach new audiences and inform new people, or to develop dedicated ones where ideas are confirmed as they are explored? We'll also discuss the project you'll be working on for your final, which will be due to me via email by 11:59 p.m. ET on Dec. 9. With a special guest lecturer Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker . Required Reading/Viewing (I’ll email pdfs of the Globe articles if you can’t access them via these links.) “ It’s time to banish the racist legacy of Tom Yawkey ” by Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe “ The ugly history of the Red Sox and race adds a new chapter ” by Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe “ Renaming Yawkey Way Shouldn’t Be Put Off Any Longer ” by Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe “ Why Renaming Yawkey Way Matters ” by Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe

NO CLASS (Veterans Day). ASSIGNMENT DUE by 11:59 p.m. ET. Words are important, but if a picture speaks a thousand of them, then editors, writers, and multimedia journalists need to pay closer attention to the images they use to illustrate their stories. For this assignment, you will find an example of an image used to illustrate an article having to do with race, sex or gender. Write a short (200-300 word) essay explaining why the image that was published was problematic, and offer suggestions for at least two alternative images that might have worked better.  Email the essay and links to the article showing the problematic image to me by 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 11.  This assignment is worth 10 points, and will lose 20% of its value for every day that it is late. Here's an example: Image:   https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/very-dangerous-place-child-college-louis-m-profeta-md Describe the problematic image:  There are three images used to illustrate this