The Blackish Press: Content, Ownership, and Audience of Digital Black News Outlets

Author/Contributor(s):	Williams Fayne, Miya
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	07/29/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The Blackish Press uses interviews with Black press journalists, focus groups with readers, and analysis of web metrics to argue that the digital Black press is adapting to meet the current needs of the Black community. Its content often counters mainstream news narratives and is filtered through a Black lens. Legacy and digital-native Black news publications are advocating for African Americans via both entertainment and hard news content. Readers and journalists prefer Black-targeted outlets to be Black-owned, but they still consider those that are owned by the mainstream as part of the Black press.