Tamar Sarai Davis | Missing, Murdered + The Media

What if “the media” isn’t the problem? What if it’s us? Today’s guest believes the imbalance of media coverage for black women begins with our own broken values.<br /><br />This episode is part 3 of the series, MISSING, MURDERED + THE MEDIA. I couldn’t cover this subject without a journalist's perspective. Today, I'm speaking with Tamar Sarai Davis, features reporter at PRISM, a non-profit media company. Tamar wrote about Lauren Smith Fields’ case and focused specifically on the ways Black TikTok and Twitter elevated Lauren’s story to the public’s consciousness.<br /><br />You can read her article here. <a href="https://prismreports.org/2022/02/11/justice-for-lauren-smith-fields-and-the-black-tiktokers-who-made-sure-we-knew-her-name/" rel="noopener">https://prismreports.org/2022/02/11/justice-for-lauren-smith-fields-and-the-black-tiktokers-who-made-sure-we-knew-her-name/</a><br /><br />Your can follow Tamar on twitter and below are the articles she references in the<br />interview.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/06/true-crime-podcasts-white-women/" rel="noopener">https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/06/true-crime-podcasts-white-women/</a><br /><a href="https://prismreports.org/2021/10/01/alive-but-still-not-free/" rel="noopener">https://prismreports.org/2021/10/01/alive-but-still-not-free/</a><br /><a href="https://prismreports.org/2020/07/07/scripted-cop-dramas-paint-a-dangerously-false-picture/" rel="noopener">https://prismreports.org/2020/07/07/scripted-cop-dramas-paint-a-dangerously-false-picture/</a><br /><br />Join me next week as continue this conversation with journalist Jonquilyn Hill, host of the podcast, Through the Cracks.<br /><br />The podcast promo you heard today is SINISTERHOOD. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more on their website: <a href="https://www.sinisterhood.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.sinisterhood.com/</a><br /><br />Ways to support the show below!<br /><br />DIE-ALOGUE is sponsored in part by She’s Birdie – the stylish and effective, pe