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Great to see community media acknowledged in this extraordinary new report on news deserts, a sector that is regularly ignored by "mainstream" media and media analysis. Wonderful to see so many familiar local publishers and news orgs highlighted here. https://bit.ly/3fTe21O
The report looks into these outlets for lessons in engaging "disenfranchised communities and marginalized populations" & imagines a near future in which they are no longer seen as niche. 
A few comments that might be useful:Â News media serving immigrants, Latinx & Blacks are described as "ethnic media." It's a term that has been & still is used to describe the sector but we at @CCMNewmarkJ are leading an effort to change the language used to locate & describe it.
We prefer to refer to these outlets as community media because they aim to serve specific communities, generally communities of color, while other local media organizations aim to serve a general market.
Of course there are community media outlets that serve white communities and general market news organizations that inform communities of color, but we believe the focus on "community" and not on ethnicity is still a much better way of identifying these outlets.
Community media are local media, and they shouldn't be seen as separate or need a separate chapter. They are an esencial part of the news media industry in the same way that the communities they serve are integral to the fabric of this country.
The report mentions outlets that serve "Latin-Hispanic communities" and refers to the decreasing immigration from "Latino countries." I don't mean to be picky but there is no such thing as a Latin-Hispanic community or a Latino country.
There are Latino, Latinx or Hispanic people & communities who use these or other names depending on the context, and there is a Latin American region. Latin is a dead language.
These are some of the guidelines we have followed in our own research at @CCMNewmarkJ and the @newmarkjschool. The intention of this thread is not to be critical of such an outstanding research project, but to center community media as an integral part of the news media industry.
Thanks for listening.
