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Importance of Representation in Local Media
April 2, 2021 – Despite decades of trying, newsrooms in the United States are still suffering from a lack of diversity. Here in New Mexico, KOAT made history by hiring the state’s first African American general manager and president, Lori Waldon. Host Gene Grant talks with Waldon about her experiences in a handful of different newsrooms and why it is so important that the…
Read MoreRise in Asian American/Pacific Islander Violence
April 2, 2021 – New Mexico, like many other states, has seen a rise in the number of violent and harassing incidents targeting people of Asian American/Pacific Islander descent since the COVID-19 outbreak first began. Many people tie that surge to divisive and racist rhetoric that labeled COVID as the Chinese Virus or Wuhan Flu. Host Gene Grant…
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