I'm still on the AEJMC board and am happy to ask AEJMC executive director Jennifer McGill and AEJMC president Elizabeth Toth about this important panel idea if you'd like. Just let me know. Paula Poindexter ____________________________________________ Paula M. Poindexter, Ph.D. School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin Chair, National News Engagement Day AEJMC Past President Visit Millennials and News<http://on.fb.me/Nlejee> at http://on.fb.me/Nlejee @paulapoindexter [log in to unmask] (512) 695-6879 ________________________________ From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Lillie Fears <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: AEJMC Panel/Programming on Charleston, Coverage of Race Most likely the late adds will have to be approved at the board level vs. an individual division trying to do do this. I say have someone talk to Jennifer McGill about this proposal. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 25, 2015, at 9:15 AM, LaPoe, Victoria <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: AEJ has put together late added Hot Topic panels in the past. Couldn't this be a Hot Topic panel? Sent from my iPhone On 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