Allissa V. Richardson

Allissa V. Richardson is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Southern California, and the author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism.

Amber N. Ford

It Wasn’t a Gun

A material archive of police violence
- Allissa V. Richardson
- December 2020 Issue
Facebook / The Atlantic

The Problem With Police-Shooting Videos

Smartphone footage of police brutality highlights a dire need to tell more humane stories about Black victims.
- Allissa V. Richardson
- August 30, 2020