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Say Brother; Looking at Ourselves: How the Black Media Watches Boston

Part of Say Brother.

02/18/1977


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Looking at Ourselves: How the Black Media Watches Boston
Program Number

717

Series Description

Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968

Program Description

Program is the first of two focusing on African AMerican media and its function in the community. Host Barbara Barrow speaks with Ron Hutson (head of the Urban 'Team' at the Boston Globe), Mel Miller (publisher of the Bay State Banner), and Sarah-Ann Shaw (reporter for WBZ News and host of the television program Mzizi Roots) about the definition of news, if there is a difference between white news and Black news and how they are covered, if the white media's "commitment" to objectivity affects the coverage of African American news stories, if white reporters and Black reporters bring back different news stories, and the resources needed to cover African American community issues. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with reporters Leah Fletcher, Eric Sampedro, Justina Chu, and WNAC TV arts critic Tanya Hart, and the "Community Calendar."

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
African Americans in television broadcasting
Bay State Banner
Reporters and reporting--Massachusetts--Boston
African Americans in the newspaper industry
Miller, Mel
Shaw, Sarah-Ann
African Americans in mass media
African American journalists
Boston Globe
Segregation
Hutson, Ron
Civil rights
African American women
Television broadcasting of news
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
White, Conrad (Director)
Cross, June (Associate Producer)
Barbara Barrow (Producer)
Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
Contributors
Johnson, Nat (Audio)
Lane, Frank (Camera)
Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
Floyd, Mike (Stage Manager)
Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
Wareham, Skip (Stage Manager)
Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
Devitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
Merhar, Milan (Videotape Assembly)
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
Horne, Danny (Intern)
Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
Songai, Jahid (Intern)
Chu, Justina (Reporter)
Holden, Dick (Camera)
Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
Koppel, Tiit (Assistant Stage Manager)
Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
Hart, Tanya (Reporter)
Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
Cross, June (Production Assistant)
Fairweather, Bill (Video)
Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
Handyside, Keith (Video)
Morton, Wil (Associate Director)
Kane, Pat (Videotape Assembly)
Balhatchet, Tom (Audio Editor)
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Looking at Ourselves: How the Black Media Watches Boston,” 02/18/1977, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E8D62D3FE7F4B5EA8909F13802C1BF6.
MLA: “Say Brother; Looking at Ourselves: How the Black Media Watches Boston.” 02/18/1977. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E8D62D3FE7F4B5EA8909F13802C1BF6>.
APA: Say Brother; Looking at Ourselves: How the Black Media Watches Boston. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E8D62D3FE7F4B5EA8909F13802C1BF6
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