Iıd like to acknowledge the passing of another trailblazer - Phyl Garland. -kt ------ Forwarded Message From: Irena Choi Stern <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:58:05 -0500 To: Class of 1985 <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [j85] Columbia Journalism School mourns death of Phyl Garland - journalist, musician, master teacher > > The faculty and staff of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism > mourn the death of their colleague and friend, Phyllis T. Garland, who died on > November 7 of cancer, at age 71. Phyl, as she was known, was the first > tenured African American faculty member at the journalism school, where she > taught for more than three decades. In addition to her Cultural Affairs > Reporting and Writing class, Garland was a Master's Project advisor, and > served as the administrator of the National Arts Journalism Program at > Columbia. > > Phyl began her career in 1959 as a reporter and then editor for The Pittsburgh > Courier. Throughout the years, she covered issues relevant to blacks, > including the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Movement, discrimination > in housing, education, labor, and the arts, and then the first blacks elected > to public office in Mississippi. She went on to become the New York editor of > Ebony magazine. > > Phyl's first love, however, was music. She was a connoisseur of black music, > and had an enormous collection of jazz, soul, and r&b recordings. For 20 > years, she was a contributing editor for Stereo Review, and was the author of > ³The Sound of Soul² (1969), a comprehensive book on black music. > > Dean Nicholas Lemann described her as "a major presence in the life of this > school for decades, and a woman of tremendous love, passion, spirit, and > commitment to all the best things in journalism. Hers was a life wonderfully > well lived, and that is something for us to bear in mind as we mourn her > passing." > > When she retired from the school in 2004 after 31 years as a faculty member, > she was presented with a scroll, which described her as someone with > "affection, respect and advocacy for studentsa deep love of music and its > interplay with cultureand a fierce appreciation of African-American artists > and the essential role of the arts in American culture." > > Private funeral services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. at > Bethlehem Baptist Church, in McKeesport, PA. Flowers can be sent to Bethlehem > Baptist Church in McKeesport. Columbia Journalism School is planning a > memorial in the spring. > > We have created a page of tributes to Professor Emerita Phyllis Garland: > http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/category/phyllis-garland/ > > You will see some terrific notes from current and former faculty members, > including Judith Crist, Sig Gissler, Addie Rimmer, Steve Ross, Stephen > Silverman; as well as former students. If you have anything you'd like to > share, please e-mail Sree Sreenivasan at [log in to unmask] and he will add > them as he receives them. > > Best, > Irena > > Irena Choi Stern '01 > Assistant Director > Alumni Relations & Communications > Columbia University > Graduate School of Journalism > 2950 Broadway, MC 3800 > New York, NY 10027 > T: (212) 854-9938 > F: (212) 854-3939 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni <http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni> > > SAVE THE DATE: Alumni Weekend is April 19-22, 2007! > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to j85 as: [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [log in to unmask] ------ End of Forwarded Message On 11/28/06 7:16 PM Camilla Gant at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Thanks, Linda, for the suggestions. Oddly, I didn't get a copy of your > original e-mail, so I'm responding to Lillie's response. > > Camilla > > At 04:14 PM 11/27/2006 -0600, LILLIE FEARS wrote: > >> Excellent suggestions, Linda. >> >> >> > From: Shockley, Linda [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:12 PM > To: LILLIE FEARS; [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: Losses of Boyd, Bradley, Setbacks for Diversity? > > > > Possible speakers: > > George Curry, a friend to Gerald Boyd and his co-founder of the Greater St. > Louis ABJ and director of their first high school workshop, former Bob Knight > Award winner, former Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, now > editor of the National Newspaper Publishers Association is right in Washington > . > > Charlayne Hunter Gault of CNN, and NPR (who might be in Africa), a dear friend > of Ed Bradley's, herself a former NY Times reporter. > > Not least of all would be Robin Stone, widow of Gerald, former Essence and NY > Times style editor, former president of NYABJ --which ran a very successful > high school workshop program, and author (http://www.robinstone.com/home.asp). > > I'm not sure how the MAC/Scholastic luncheon works but whomever the > counterparts are in scholastic should be able to work through these > extraordinary circumstances/opportunities. > > -----Original Message----- > From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LILLIE FEARS > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:54 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Losses of Boyd, Bradley, Setbacks for Diversity? > > Ladies, this would be a great way to integrate these topics (memorials) into > our programming---that is to get a luncheon speaker who can cover each person. > I just hope we include the great John H. Johnson in the tributes. Remember he > passed right in the middle of our convention in San Antonio. > > > > Lillie > > > > From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Camilla Gant > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:49 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Losses of Boyd, Bradley, Setbacks for Diversity? > > > > 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" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 MinutesEd Bradley a few weeks ago. > > <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > Both of these men were trailblazers. In writing about this on my blog > <http://bamaproducer.blogspot.com/> 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. > > > > I know were 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 whove passed on but also > addresses the recent demise of at least two other top editors at major > newspapers. > > > > What does this mean for efforts to diversify the ranks of American news > organizations? > > > > Earlier this month, the National Association of Black Journalists posted a > statement about the resignations of Dean Baquet and Debra Adams Simmons > <http://www.nabj.org/newsroom/news_releases/story/52832p-81441c.html> > expressing its concern about what these actions means for diversity. > > > > 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. > > > > 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? > > > > I post this on the MAC list in hopes of generating some discussion and perhaps > interest. > > > > Our MAC Vice Head and Program Chair Camilla Gant would be the one to take any > action should that be in order. > > > > George Daniels > > U. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Alabama > > > > > > > > > Anita Fleming-Rife > > I lift up mine eyes from whence cometh my help. . . . > > > > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http:/smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index> > > Camilla Gant, Ph.D. > Faculty Assistant to the President > Associate Professor > Department of Mass Communications & Theatre Arts > University of West Georgia > > Camilla Gant, Ph.D. > Faculty Assistant to the President > Associate Professor > Department of Mass Communications & Theatre Arts > University of West Georgia ************************************************* "Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes...different points of view." Former Univ. of Chicago Chancellor Robert Hutchins (1952) Karen M. Turner Director, Broadcast Journalism sequence Department of Journalism 2020 N. 13th Street Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 215.204.8386 (voicemail)/ 215.204.1974 (fax) ************************************************* --