Ep. 58 - Movement Media 2.0 ft. Grace Del Vecchio

Following up from the first installment with Damon Williams and
Daniel Kisslinger of AirGo, BrownTown listens, learns, and again
converses about movement media. This time leaning into more
traditional journalistic structures and academic institutions set
to the backdrop of the 2020 uprisings against police brutality
and white supremacy.


Grace shares some of her background before the gang digs into
their definitions of "movement media" and how to be responsible
with your platform, using your voice appropriately yet sparingly
while amplifying others. Grace talks journalism from an activist,
academic, and professional perspective noting that, "the
objective narrative is a tool of white supremacy. It seeks to
kill voices that need to be heard." The team sifts through
related topics including journalists' responsibility in an
election year, Chicago independent media (shoutout CIMA),
voyeurism/sensationalism in media, internet trolls, why Trump
considers Biden and other moderates the "radical left", and even
why Caullen watches corporate news.


As the media landscape generally becomes more diverse and
decentralized, creative activists use traditional and new mediums
to push for, in real-time, a more equitable world through
entertainment, dialogue, and education. How do we continue this
with independent journalism while more often than not, still
operating much in hierarchical systems of the old guard? While
centering the use of editorial-based journalism and the advent of
social media, how do we create, change, and sustain movement
media for the more equitable and creative? Especially while
co-opting traditionally corporate tools for liberation? Here's
their take. Originally recorded September 9, 2020.


GUESTS
Grace Del Vecchio is a freelance reporter and undergrad student
at DePaul University. When she first moved to Chicago from
Philadelphia in 2018, she worked as an organizer for multiple
Chicago grassroots and electoral campaigns before transitioning
to journalism. While her work covers a wide range of topics, she
focuses on social movements and highlights youth activism.


--



Follow Grace on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her
curated work on Muckrack. Additionally, Grace has bylines in
Billy Penn (Philly publication), Chicago Reader, Block Club
Chicago, WTTW, The Daily Beast, and Belt Magazine.


Other topics mentioned:



The Daily Show with Trevor Noah episode on police
abolition

Charlamagne the God discusses Joe Biden's comments on MSNBC

Black Abolitionist Network

Chicago Votes (site, SoapBox project)

Judges Matter



--


CREDITS: Intro audio from "#GeorgeFloyd National
Day of Protest | May 30, 2020" video edited by Sensitive Visuals
featuring words by Damon Williams and music by Rebel Diaz. Outro
music and audio engineering by Genta Tamashiro. Episode photo by
Kelly Garcia.


--


Bourbon ’n BrownTown
Facebook | Twitter |
Instagram | Site |
Linktree | Patreon


SoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3
Facebook | Twitter |
Instagram | Site |
Linktree | Support