Colleagues, Again, thank you for your prompt response to my call for service for the 2007 AEJMC national convention. I am pleased to announce that Federico Subervi ([log in to unmask]) has been re-assigned to chair the panel entitled Minority Media Ownership & Advocacy: A Status Report; and Cathy Jackson ([log in to unmask]) has agreed to chair the panel entitled Minority or Multicultural: Legal Landmines of High School Workshops and to co-chair the panel entitled Advertising & Diversity: Industry Leaders Speak Out on Hiring Issues. If you have suggestions regarding potential panelists, please e-mail them to the appropriate co-chair for consideration. Again many thanks for your support, and special thanks to Federico and Cathy for taking on these commitments, and George Daniels for proposing both panels. Camilla >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:36:02 -0500 >From: cgant <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Revised Call for Panel Chairs >X-Originating-IP: 68.223.103.104 >Sender: "FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC" > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by rizzo.ou.edu id > l0MEaAoE014119 >X-Mailer: Quality Web Email v3.1n, http://netwinsite.com/refw.htm >Priority: normal >Blah: BLARG! >X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: >2007.1.22.62432 >X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_NOT_1 0, __CT >0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, >__MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' > >Re-sending because the misplaced Panel#1 sub-title in the >original e-mail may cause some confusion... > >Colleagues, > >I was informed this morning that the chair for two of >MAC's panels scheduled for the 2007 AEJMC national >convention, which will be held Aug. 9 - 12 in Washington, >D.C, is unable to coordinate the panels. So once again, I >need your help. Specifically, I need two volunteers, one to >chair each panel. As panel chair, you will be expected to >schedule the moderator and three panelists, and communicate >with the co-sponsor to schedule the two remaining panelists. > If you are interested in chairing either panel, please >e-mail me (not the listserv) ASAP. Appointments will be >made on a first-response basis. Many thanks. > >Panel #1 (You may or may not opt to consider suggested >panelists & moderator) > >Minority Media Ownership & Advocacy: A Status Report >Lead: MAC; Co-Sponsor: Law & Policy >Thursday, August 9, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. > >It has been several years since the U.S. Commerce Department >released a report on the number of minority media owners. >In the 1990s, such reports were issued every two years. >Ethnic minorities make up about one-third of America's >population but own fewer than 4% of America's broadcast >licenses. Fewer minority media owners engender fewer >newspaper stories, television shows, and radio programs that >educate, entertain and challenge all Americans with the >concerns, culture and knowledge of people of color. David >Honig of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council >stated that 50% of minority-owned stations owe their origins >to the Tax Certificate Program, which was terminated in >1995. Taking advantage of the platform provided by meeting >in the nation's capital, this panel will bring together >some of the key figures in the effort to increase minority >ownership along with those from the appropriate federal >agencies to assess where the minority ownership stands in >2007. > >Possible Panelists: > >Representative from the U.S. Commerce Dept/National >Telecommunication & Information > Administration (D.C. based) >Representative from National Black Media Coalition (D.C. >based) >David Honig or Minority Media Telecommunications Council >representative (D.C. based) >Howard University professor who teaches media management >Minority media owner > >Possible Moderator: > >Phil Napoli, Fordham University (diversity & telecomm policy >author) > > >Panel #2 (You may or may not opt to consider suggested >panelists & moderator) > >Minority or Multicultural: Legal Landmines of High School >Workshops >Lead: MAC; Co-Sponsor: Scholastic Journalism >Saturday, August 11, 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. > >Even though they've been around for a quarter-century and >have a track record of turning high school students on to >journalism, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund-sponsored high school >workshops are under a new level of attack. In October 2006, >a class action complaint was filed against Virginia >Commonwealth University's Urban Journalism Workshop after >a white student was allegedly disinvited because of her >race. A follow-up to a panel on minority workshops >sponsored at the 2003 AEJMC convention in Kansas City, this >panel focuses on legal issues that connect the ongoing >affirmative action debate to diversity efforts at the high >school level. Can universities solve the problem by simply >changing the name of their workshops? What strategies does >Dow Jones Newspaper Fund suggest for universities to shield >themselves from legal actions such as those taken against >VCU? > >Possible Panelists: > >Linda Waller Shockley, Deputy Director >June Nicholson or Bonnie Davis, Virginia Commonwealth >University >Local affirmative action attorney (or member of the Law & >Policy division who is an > expert in higher education cases) > >Possible Moderator: > >Barbara Hines, Howard University (sponsors own summer Dow >Jones workshop) > > >Camilla Gant, Ph.D. >MAC Vice Head & Programming Chair >University of West Georgia >Faculty Assistant to the President >Associate Professor of Mass Communications Camilla Gant, Ph.D. Faculty Assistant to the President Associate Professor Department of Mass Communications & Theatre Arts University of West Georgia