Aggregating Local, Digital and Mainstream BIPOC Media On New Web3 Platform Delivers Value For Publishers Beyond News Dissemination (Washington, D.C., 8.4.2022) —  This week, in response to calls for comments to proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), over 140 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) publishers united to urge federal regulators to include multicultural media as part of the funding.  The call-to-action led by the Multicultural Media and Correspondents Association (MMCA) unveiled a Web3 product that ...Read More

The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA) family joins in the celebration of Karine Jean-Pierre's appointment as the Biden Administration's new White House Press Secretary.  Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as she becomes the nation's first Black woman and openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as White House Press Secretary. On August 19th, 2021, MMCA had the privilege of recognizing Karine Jean-Pierre as our Newsmaker Award Honoree during our Media Diversity Excellence Awards Reception. During the Media Diversity Excellence Awards Reception, Olga Lucia Torres...Read More

Article Written By Elevate DaytonElevate Dayton is part of a bold new collaboration to help community media outlets tap into the billions of dollars that governments, corporations, banks, and community development financial institutions have pledged to invest in Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color (BIPOC).The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA), in collaboration with Missouri School of Journalism’s Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), are partnering on a national effort to promote BIPOC media organizations as critical civic infrastructure and im...Read More

The Multicultural Media and Correspondents Association honored Harris Faulkner as its Broadcast Journalist of the Year late last week during the sixth annual Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner and Summit. Taking place at the National Press Club in Washington, the event honored BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and other People of Color) media industry luminaries.Fox News Media president and executive editor Jay Wallace, Special Report anchor Bret Baier, Fox News’ evp of human resources Kevin Lord, svp of news and politics Alan Komissaroff, congressional ...Read More

Article Written By Elevate DaytonElevate Dayton is working with its first investors to accelerate and scale operations. The investors are the Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA) based in Washington, D.C.The MMCA is a growing group of Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) media stakeholders unifying to help fix the media diversity problem. The key pillars of their efforts revolve around building coalitions, awareness and advocacy, constructive engagement, stakeholder assistance and honoring BIPOC media excellence.Elevate Dayton is the MMCA’s...Read More

The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA) is pleased to partner with STARZ to host the inaugural Media Diversity Excellence Awards Reception on Thursday, August 19 from 6:00 -7:00 pm EST (3:00 -4:00 pm PST) during NABJ’s signature annual convention.  In keeping with MMCA’s other signature events including their Multicultural Media and Correspondents Dinner (MMCDTM) and inaugural Sheroes in Media Awards Gala, this reception is designed to honor Black media excellence and highlight the need for increased media diversity.&nb...Read More