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Talk with the Dallas Morning News about Race-Baiter
New York Times
Essay for The New York Times on reality TV

May 12, 2021

Eric leads panel for IDA: Documentaries Challenging White Supremacy

May 12, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

To introduce Challenging White Supremacy, the open call theme this year for the International Documentary Association's Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans will lead a discussion on systemic racism and documentaries. IDA Funds Director Poh Si Teng and grantees Jon-Sesrie Goff (After Sherman) and Hillary Pierce (At The Ready) will share their perspectives on exploring and challenging white surpremacist structures in the United States through non-fiction storytelling.

For free RSVP, click here: https://www.documentary.org/event/documentaries-challenging-white-supremacy-2021-pare-lorentz-documentary-grants-theme?fbclid=IwAR27wdf5NNv4gy1Ch4sNHt4XjX_IOLl8uitkHuOkmSO6aZNLQpw309wwP5I

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June 11, 2021

Eric receives the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University

June 11, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Distinguished Alumni Service Award is the highest honor an IU alumnus can receive. Eric will receive the award alongside three other honorees in a virtual ceremony. To register for the event and for more details, click the link below:

https://iuaa.imodules.com/s/1377/iu_event.aspx?sid=1377&gid=2&pgid=9127&content_id=10496

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Video Vault

WEDU PBS Tampa: Confronting Systemic Racism

Eric interviews producers of ESPN's The Last Dance

MSNBC with Katy Tur and Charlie Sykes talking about the difference between gaffes made by Roseanne Barr and Samantha Bee.

On MSNBC talking about boycotts against Laura Ingraham for her insults against Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.

PBS NewsHour talking about the cancellation of ABC's Roseanne reboot after star Roseanne Barr sent a racist tweet.

Interview with Questlove on Creativity at the Kennedy Center

PBS NewsHour:
Best TV of 2016

CUNY TV: The Open Mind, Race and the Fourth Estate

TEDx speech: How to Talk About Race Across Race Lines

CNN Reliable Sources:Eric's final thought on race baiting

PBS NewsHour: Eric talks the evolution of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

CNN: Eric hosts a discussion on the new focus on audiences of color.

TV Critics Association: Eric is Uncomfortably Close to Dave Walker

Smithsonian: Eric talks to producers and star of The Walking Dead

CNN Reliable Sources: The Reporter who found The Butler

CNN Reliable Sources: Building a House of Cards

Poynter Institute: Eric moderates panel on the future of civil rights journalism

SO Cal Connected: Eric talks about Race Baiter with Madeline Brand

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