Allissa V. Richardson

Allissa V. Richardson is an associate professor of journalism and communication and founding director of the Charlotta Bass Journalism and Justice Lab at the University of Southern California. She researches how African Americans use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism, especially in times of crisis. Author of the award-winning book Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism, Richardson has been a frequent commentator for news outlets such as ABC, BBC, CBC, Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, NPR, Teen Vogue and Vox. She is an inductee into Apple’s elite Distinguished Educator program. Additionally, Richardson is the recipient of three esteemed Harvard University posts: the Nieman Foundation Visiting Journalism Fellowship, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society Fellowship and the Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Fellowship.