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Freedom Editor Receives Conference Invitation!!!
Chicago:7/25/08-A high profile panel of journalists some of whom have lived and worked in Africa on July 26 will discuss news media coverage of Africa at the 2008 UNITY Journalists of Color Convention, McCormick Place West Chicago July 23 -27. This year's theme is "A New Journalism for a Changing World." This year's convention has drawn several world leaders including Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade marking the first time a visiting head of state is addressing the world's largest gathering of journalists of color. Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama who will address the convention July 27 live on CNN.
UNITY is made up of the National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Asian American Journalists and the Native American Journalists Association. UNITY Journalists of Color Convention is billed as the largest gathering of journalists of color in the U.S.
Every four years 10,000 journalists including media executives meet to discuss serious issues affecting the media landscape in America and around the world through the organizing of a series of panels to explore complicated media matters.
UNITY's Africa panel titled "Lightening the Way: How to retire the 'Dark Continent' myth of Africa" will feature a distinguish group of journalists occpying influential positions in the media. The panel members are Maidstone Mulenga Global Editor, Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester New York, Bankole Thompson Senior Editor, Michigan Chronicle in Detroit Michigan, Eyobong Ita Assistant City Editor, Springfield News-Sun in Springfield Ohio, Getahn Ward Business Writer, The Tennessean, Tennessee, Mahalia Asanaenyi Producer NBC News and Greg Branch President B2 Commnications in New York.
The tired image of Africa as a mysterious, exotic, fearsome locale still persists in the minds of many Americans. For journalists, the logistical challenge of covering the large, diverse continent includes finding stories that put to rest old clichés and myths about the land and its people. With issues of economic globalization, health, and education increasingly taking precedence in Africa, growing numbers of journalists of color are seeking assignments on the continent.
But as budget restraints leave fewer news organizations with the resources to provide long-term coverage of Africa, reporters and editors must come up with creative means for depicting the richness and value of this important region.
Join this interactive forum on how to effectively cover Africa in the 21st Century. These journalists and editors have lived and worked in Africa, and they will describe their strategies for keeping the continent’s people and issues on the table at their respective news organizations. |
Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 (Archive on Wednesday, August 06, 2008)
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