To those wishing to respond, I’d suggest any number of
avenues:
1.
Comment directly to the AEJMC headquarters in Columbia, SC. I
bet Jennifer McGill (Exec. Dir.) will see that Carol (also in Columbia at USC)
gets the message.
2.
There is a place for comments and posts on AEJ’s website
where the statement is posted. Today, a professor from NY wrote a wonderful
response criticizing the statement for lacking logic, support, and any semblance
of thoughtful, reasoned and informed research. The writer is embarrassed—as
I am as well, as a member of AEJMC. I suspect Carol and the PAC are monitoring
feedback on the statement—which I think is overwhelmingly against the
position expressed by the PAC.
3.
Contact Carol Pardun directly at the University of South
Carolina where she heads the School of Journalism and Mass Communications (she
also serves as an Associate Dean of the College). Carol’s dean (College
of Mass Communications and Information Sciences) is the former CNN journalist
Charles Bierbauer:
a. E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
b. Office
Phone: 803.777.3244
As AEJMC President, Carol also heads the AEJMC Board of
Directors. President-Elect is Jan Slater.
4.
Another
strategy is to contact whatever divisions or interest groups that you may be
involved. I have already emailed the program chair of the critical and cultural
division who like most of the folks I’ve communicated with, take issue with
the most recent position taken publicly by the PAC.
Best,
Dwight
Dwight E. Brooks, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
School of Journalism
PO Box 64
College of Mass Communication
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615 494-8925
Fax: 615 898-5682
From: FOR THE MINORITIES
AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of FELECIA
ROSS
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 2:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks
Transparency
Where would we respond?
Felecia Ross
----- Original Message -----
From: "WHITMORE, EVONNE" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks Transparency
To: [log in to unmask]
> I agree that there should be a joint CSM and MAC
> resolution. As an AEJMC board member, I recall a brief
> reminder at our December meeting about PAC's mission and the
> kind of issues it would tackle. Like you, I was
> flabbergasted by their notion that President Obama has not
> practiced transparency.
>
> For what it's worth, I plan to formally voice my concerns
> when the board convenes in August and request that they be
> included as part of the official board minutes. I agree
> that there are many approaches to tackle this issue. But
> ultimately, we all know that is the squeaky wheel that gets the oil.
>
> While a resolution is good, I think it would also be beneficial
> for the board to receive as many individual responses as
> possible on the issue. Sorry, for joining the discussion
> late. I've been on vacation and email for me was in
> the "off mode."
>
> Dwight, thanks for leading the charge.
>
> Evonne H. Whitmore, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Coordinator Graduate Studies
> U.S. Fulbright Scholar
> School of Journalism & Mass Communication
> Kent State University
> Kent, OH 4422-0001
>
> "You may have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting
> stones."
>
>
>
>
>
> Evonne H. Whitmore, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Coordinator, Graduate Studies
> U.S. Fulbright Scholar
> School of Journalism & Mass Communication
> Kent State University
> Kent, OH 4422-0001
>
> "You may have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting
> stones."
> ________________________________________
> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [AEJMAC-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr. Linda F. Callahan [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 1:48 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks Transparency
>
> Thanks Dwight for taking the leadership on this discussion and
> thanks for
> providing the background information. I agree
> wholeheartedly with the
> sentiments expressed thus far. I totally disagree with the
> implication that
> President Obama has been less transparent than other Presidents.
> In fact, he
> has been more transparent. And even if he hasn't lived up to someone's
> expectation on transparency, it certainly should not have risen
> to a level
> to warrant public condemnation by a journalism education
> group. I also
> support a joint resolution.
>
> Linda Florence Callahan, Ph.D.
> Chair, Commission on the Status of Minorities.
> Professor
> Journalism & Mass Communication
> North Carolina A&T State University
> Greensboro, NC 27411
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Brooks
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks Transparency
>
> I do not mean to dominate this important discussion, but a
> couple of points
> are in order:
>
> 1. On AEJMC's website, following the PAC's statement, there is an
> opportunity for members to post their own comments. I did, but I
> am more
> impressed with the comment from Jason Reineke, who I am proud to
> note, is a
> faculty member in MTSU's School of Journalism. Jason writes:
>
>
>
> 2. "For an objective, quantitative accounting of President
> Obama's first
> year in office I encourage readers to take a look at the
> following report by
> CBS news:
>
>
>
> "Obama's First Year: By the Numbers"
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6119525-503544.html
>
>
>
> Some relevant highlights:
>
> 411 speeches, comments and remarks
>
> 158 interviews (90 television, 11 radio, 57 newspaper/magazine)
>
> 42 news conferences
>
>
>
> It is unfortunate that the AEJMC press release above relies on a
> couple of
> anecdotes instead of more comprehensive data."
>
>
>
> Well said Jason!
>
>
>
> Dwight
>
>
>
> Dwight E. Brooks, Ph.D.
>
> Professor and Director
>
> School of Journalism
>
> PO Box 64
>
> College of Mass Communication
>
> Middle Tennessee State University
>
> Murfreesboro, TN 37132
>
> 615 494-8925
>
> Fax: 615 898-5682
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> mtsujour_header6.png
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Fearn-Banks
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:07 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks Transparency
>
>
>
> Janette's comment here reflects mine also. I would not
> want to be linked to
> an organization that took this action. In fact, if most of the
> members feel
> this way, I should drop out. Is there something we should do to
> voice this
> to the AEJMC leaders? Individually or collectively?
>
>
>
>
>
> Professor Kathleen Fearn-Banks
>
> Department of Communication
>
> University of Washington
>
> Website: www.kathleenfearn-banks.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Dates, Jannette L. wrote:
>
>
>
> > Dear Dwight:
>
> >
>
> > Thank you. I feel as you do. You have very eloquently
> and succinctly
> written and spoken about this issue-and I am in complete support
> of your
> response. Why choose some "issues" over others, you
> ask? Clearly, the
> issues you listed are as important to journalism and journalism
> educators as
> the one raised by AEJMC's leadership regarding President Obama's press
> conferences. We may need to re-evaluate the system for
> having the president
> and her/his advisors make statements attributable to the entire
> organization. I am embarrassed to have my name associated
> with this. These
> statements about President Obama do not reflect my views at all.
>
> >
>
> > Jannette L. Dates
>
> > Dean
>
> > John H. Johnson School of Communications
>
> > Howard University
>
> > 525 Bryant St., N.W.
>
> > Washington, D.C. 20059
>
> > 202-806-7694 or 6113
>
> >
>
> > From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight E. Brooks
>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 7:53 AM
>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Subject: Re: AEJMC: Obama's Promised "Change" Lacks Transparency
>
> >
>
> > Anita & Colleagues,
>
> > This is the result of the President's Advisory Council that
> was formed
> last year. This is something Carole Pardun wanted to do and
> spoke on during
> the business meeting last August in Baltimore. While the
> statement does not
> necessarily offend me, I find the choice of topic for the
> release dubious at
> best. I can think of lots of equally or more demanding issues on
> which AEJMC
> could have taken a position: I may be mistaken but this is the
> first stance
> for the committee. If it is the first, it has failed miserably
> in my
> opinion. If not, I'd like to see any previous statementsBut why not:
>
> > 1. Fox news as abandoning the practice of journalism in favor of
> right-wing advocacy?
>
> > 2. A statement on the hypocrisy of the tea parties?
>
> > 3. The Arizona immigration law
>
> > 4. The ongoing lying and hypocrisy of the Republican members
> of Congress
> (and some Democrats too)?
>
> > 5. Heck, there is a proposed bill in Michigan that would bar
> journalistsfrom covering certain politics events without taking
> some sort of test or
> obtaining a "license"--a true slap at First Amendment rights of
> journalists.(I've just brought this to the attention of the PF&R
> Committee)?
> > 6. Did I mention the Arizona immigration law?
>
> > 7. Sarah Palin--when has she held a press conference?
>
> > 8. That Rand Paul guy in Kentucky and his position on civil rights?
>
> > 9. BP (and its response) and the oil spill in the gulf? Or was
> this penned
> two months ago?
>
> >
>
> > My last question is, what do we say/do in response to this?
> Can committees
> within AEJMC respond to its own leadership or issue its own position
> statements? I don't know who is on this so-called presidential
> advisorycommittee, but there statement does not represent my
> concern or perspective
> and I am approaching outrage when I think about all of the more
> centralissues that were ignored over this false outrage over
> Presicent Obama's lack
> of pressers.
>
> > Dwight
>
> >
>
> > Dwight E. Brooks, Ph.D.
>
> >
>
> > Professor and Director
>
> >
>
> > School of Journalism
>
> >
>
> > College of Mass Communication
>
> >
>
> > Middle Tennessee State University
>
> >
>
> > Murfreesboro, TN 37132
>
> >
>
> > Tel: 615 494-8925
>
> >
>
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
>
>
>
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