Dr. Alfred Martin is giving the talk "Blackness, Media and the Production and Marketing of Difference" later this month at Meredith Corporation in Des Moines.

Although his physical presence is “local”, his talk will be broadcast to Meredith Corporation employees across the nation.

Meredith Corporation owns magazines, television stations, websites, and radio stations. Meredith's publications include Entertainment Weekly, People, Better Homes & Gardens and InStyle and reach more than 120 million readers, and its websites have nearly 135 million monthly unique visitors. Meredith's broadcast television stations reach 11% of U.S. households.