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The 2016 Presidential election brought issues of race and racism to the forefront of American politics and forced journalists to confront how to coer these topics without providing a platform for hate groups. Slate chief political correspondent and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie joins Communications Forum Seth Mnookin to explore how race and ethnicity framed the election and how journalists and content creators can improve coverage of these issues moving forward.  Co-sponsored with the Communications Forum.

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For more than three decades, the Communications Forum has played a unique role at MIT and beyond as a hub of cutting-edge discussion on the cultural, political, economic, and technological impacts of communication, with special emphasis on emerging technologies and science communication. Translating specialized or technical perspectives into discourse accessible to non-specialists has been a hallmark of the Forum; the scholars, journalists, scientists, political figures, corporate executives, media producers, and engineers who participate in the Forum all accept a responsibility to speak in language that can be understood by literate citizens and professionals in many fields. Our goals are to advance knowledge and provide education in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the world in the 21st century.