Speaking on Media, Technology, and the Stories That Shape Our Lives
I speak at universities, conferences, churches, public events, and community gatherings about how media, technology, race, and storytelling shape everyday life.
My talks help audiences understand how stories become common sense, how misinformation spreads, how digital platforms shape what we believe, and how Black communities can respond with wisdom, discernment, and agency.
Whether I am speaking to educators, journalists, nonprofit leaders, students, faith communities, or Black women’s groups, my goal is to make complex media systems understandable, relevant, and useful.
Signature Talks
The Stories We Inherit and the Stories We Pass On
A powerful talk about race, media, memory, family, and responsibility.
This talk examines the stories Black communities inherit through media, education, politics, entertainment, and family life. Audiences learn how master narratives shape what society believes about Black people, and how communities can challenge harmful stories while passing on stories rooted in truth, dignity, and care.
Truth in the Digital Age
What misinformation, distrust, and digital overload mean for communities and institutions.
This talk helps audiences understand why misinformation spreads, why fact-checking alone is not enough, and how communities can become better stewards of the information they share.
Media Is a Window and a Lens
How media shows us the world while also shaping how we see it.
This signature talk introduces audiences to one of the central ideas in my work: media allows us to see people, places, and experiences beyond our own lives, but it also decides what comes into focus, what stays blurry, who is centered, and who is distorted or erased.
AI, Algorithms, and the Future of Black Community Life
How digital systems shape what we see, believe, create, and trust.
This talk helps audiences understand how artificial intelligence, algorithms, and platform design affect Black communities, from education and work to relationships, representation, information, and civic life.
Social Media and the Health of Black Relationships
How platforms shape friendship, dating, family, conflict, comparison, and community.
This talk examines the ways social media affects Black relationships and community life. Audiences leave with practical language for thinking about connection, conflict, care, and digital boundaries.
Speaker Bio
Christine McWhorter, PhD is a media literacy educator, author, speaker, and public scholar whose work helps Black communities understand how media, technology, and storytelling shape everyday life. Her talks and workshops give audiences practical tools to think critically about media, race, misinformation, digital platforms, and the stories that shape how communities are seen and how they see themselves.
Christine is an Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Howard University, where she teaches and mentors students in reporting, storytelling, and ethical media practice, with an emphasis on producing publishable, community-centered work.
She is the author of Building Critical Race Media Literacy: Countering the Narrative (Routledge), which introduces a framework for understanding how media systems reproduce racial harm and how those harms can be challenged through analysis, storytelling, and institutional accountability.
Beyond the classroom, Christine speaks, teaches workshops, and collaborates with educators, journalists, nonprofits, faith communities, and civic organizations to translate media theory into practical tools for everyday media engagement.
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