Elevate Dayton is one of three publishers of color that are the beneficiaries of a new partnership helping them build sustainable business models.The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA), Dynasty Consulting and Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) — as part of their Inclusive Media and Economies Project — are teaming up in the partnership. Together they will help the publishers of color tap into community development, revitalization and reinvestment funds, and then use those investments to test new revenue strategies and build more sustai...Read More

The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association (MMCA) will meet with Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden and the Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell in hopes of amending The Local Journalism Sustainability Act of 2021. The legislation is intended to provide financial relief to local media outlets through tax incentives for advertising, subscriptions, and hiring of journalists. Although the economic boost is vital to news outlets, it does little to rectify the racial disparities in the industry affecting communities of color due to systemic roadblocks currently in place.“MMCA ...Read More

Article Originally Published in The HillAt the first pair of Democratic debates held last month in Miami, the unprecedented diversity of the field of candidates was evidence that we’re living through great change in our national political conversation.But equally notable was the diversity of MSNBC’s all-star team of moderators — a panel whose five members included two women and representation from the black, Latino and LGBT communities. It’s telling that the central storylines to come out of the debates revolved around issues — from school integration to represent...Read More

Article Originally Published In Black EnterpriseDavid Morgan is the managing partner of D. Morgan & Partners, a company in service to those in government as well as the private sector that specializes in developing and implementing advocacy and communication strategies relating to taxes, public-private-partnerships, financial regulations, and media. Much of Morgan’s work and that of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association (MMCA), an organization of which he is president, focuses on media diversity.What has your greatest achievement been to date in regards to D. ...Read More