Alia Marsha Publishes on the 鈥淪idekicking鈥 of Minorities in Journalism

IAS student Alia Marsha鈥檚 article, 鈥,鈥 appeared yesterday on the Seattle Globalist site. Alia is a senior in Media and Communication Studies, and is editor-in-chief of the Husky Herald, UW Bothell鈥檚 student paper. In her article, Alia addresses the treatment of underrepresented populations in American journalism, focusing on a recent article that ran in The Seattle Times about Seattle based white rapper Macklemore. The Seattle Times piece referred to Asian American artist Hollis Wong-Wear as Macklemore鈥檚 sidekick.