Anita,
This is a great idea, but unfortunately, I have already committed all of
MAC's programming chips. Alternative venues might be pursuing a
refereed research presentation or nominating a Scholastic Journalism/MAC
luncheon speaker to address the issue, including a tribute to Boyd,
Bradley, and other trailblazers as well as a critical discussion of the
import of advancing diversity excellence in the newsroom.
Camilla
At 08:48 AM 11/27/2006 -0800, Anita Fleming-Rife wrote:
Camilla,
At the August convention, MAC sponsored a
session titled, "Elders in the Field," which celebrated
the lives of Thomas C. Fleming, Samuel Yette and Clint Wilson. It may be
a worthwhile idea to have a session this year that focuses on these
trailblazers (Boyd and Bradley). Perhaps, we could think about it
as a mini-plenary--is that possible?
"George L. Daniels"
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- Some of us are just learning this
morning about yesterday's passing of former New York Times Managing
Editor Gerald Boyd. This comes as a double-punch
after just losing 60 Minutes’ Ed Bradley a few weeks ago.
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- Both of these men were
trailblazers. In writing about this on
my blog today, I linked
to so many of the tributes to Boyd, who not only was a major champion for
diversity in the newsroom, but also of journalism education, working
recently with Columbia University School of Journalism.
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- I know we’re days away from the
AEJMC Winter Meeting (New Orleans) and that division heads are
already reviewing the various proposals, I think Washington, DC is the
ideal place for the MAC Division and/or the Commission on the Status of
Minorities to sponsor a type of symposium or session that both
commemorates the accomplishments of these men who’ve passed on but also
addresses the recent demise of at least two other top editors at major
newspapers.
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- What does this mean for efforts
to diversify the ranks of American news organizations?
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- Earlier this month, the National
Association of Black Journalists posted a
statement
about the resignations of Dean Baquet and Debra Adams Simmons
expressing its concern about what these actions means for diversity.
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- There certainly should be a way
for us as journalism faculty to help students learn more about the
legacies of Boyd and Bradley, while preparing them for the leadership
challenges that can short-circuit signature leadership roles for any
journalist, minority or otherwise.
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- In a manuscript some of my UGA
colleagues and I recent submitted about internal labor markets and
newsroom diversity, I made reference to the growing number of minority
journalists who are leading daily newspapers (Greg Moore at Denver Post,
Ronnie Agnew at Jackson Clarion Ledger, Otis Sanford at the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, Bennie Ivory at the Lousville Courier
Journal). Pardon the cliche, but in many ways it seems
like we're in the best of times and (with these recent developments) the
worst of times too. Maybe our diversity discussion has
to really shift because of what's happening at newspapers
nationwide? Or should it?
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- I post this on the MAC list in
hopes of generating some discussion and perhaps interest.
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- Our MAC Vice Head and Program
Chair Camilla Gant would be the one to take any action should that be in
order.
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- George
Daniels
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Anita Fleming-Rife
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