Just to chime in - this would have broad and deep interest with our members. George, are you going to take the lead on this? I would think that a note to Jennifer McGill asking for recommendations on how to proceed would be a first step. She is very helpful. All best, Maggie Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Journalism UT School of Journalism 300 W. Dean Keeton (Stop A1000) Austin, Tx. 78712-1073 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Also, director, Voces Oral History Project, with WWII, Korean and Vietnam War Collections http://www.vocesoralhistoryproject.org<http://www.vocesoralhistoryproject.org%20/> and http://latinosandpoliticalengagement.org Follow us on: Twitter.com/VocesProject (@VocesProject) Facebook.com/VocesOralHistoryProject From: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Catherine Squires <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Catherine Squires <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 6:07 PM To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: AEJMC Panel/Programming on Charleston, Coverage of Race I won't be at the conference, but I think this is a very good idea. Peace, Catherine Catherine R. Squires, Ph.D. Professor of Communication Studies Director of Graduate Studies, GWSS University of Minnesota Author of The Post-Racial Mystique<http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookid=11764#.UytZZa1dXQU> (NYU Press, 2014) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:32 PM, George Daniels <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: AEJMC Colleagues, Apologies for the double-postings for those of you on both the MAC and CSM listserv. Wanted to pitch some type of programming during our San Francisco Conference about the events in Charleston and even more important, our media's coverage of race and the ethical issues involved. Today our NABJ President Bob Butler issued a statement acknowledging the "long-needed national dialogue" about race, but took issue with Don Lemon's handling of the issues regarding the use of the so-called n-word and the Confederate flag. Here's a link to Bob Butler's statement... http://www.nabj.org/news/238386/Message-From-NABJ-A-Dialogue-About-Race.htm In the past, AEJMC Programmers have allowed for "late-breaking" or HOT TOPICS panels to be added to the program when major issues arise that have an impact on what we're teaching in the classroom and the contributions that we as mass media scholars can make. As final revisions are made to the San Francisco Program, perhaps there' s a window for a session on this topic? I wanted to gauge interest among those in MAC and CSM and perhaps explore the possibility of offering some programming for our upcoming conference on this issue. This certainly touches our PF&R interests as well as what we do as teachers and researchers. Thoughts? Perhaps our MAC and CSM Leadership could weigh in and suggest how we might proceed. -- George L. Daniels, Ph.D. Assistant Dean College of Communication and Information Sciences The University of Alabama Box 870172 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172