Archives for July 2008

Alas, the promised liveblogging of Obama’s Unity address tomorrow won’t happen, because they’re asking us not to bring computers so as not to slow up the security process. But I promise to write it up after, as well as many other final musings about Unity, by Monday at the latest!

But for now, I’m packing and packing it in early — it’s going to be a long morning of waiting in line and waiting in my seat. You can catch the whole thing wait -free on CNN. Catch you on the flip.

Posted by Jaclyn at 08:47 PM
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Starts at 1:15PM CST.

Maria Cramer: Globe Staff, Boston Globe
Daniel Gonzalez: Immigration Reporter, Arizona Republic
Sonia Nazario
Mizanur Rahman: Immigration Editor, Houston Chronicle
Maria Sacchetti: Immigration Reporter, Boston Globe
Erin Ailworth: Globe Staff, Boston Globe

Posted by Jaclyn at 01:50 PM
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Here are the deets, and here we go!

Label at Your Own Risk: Covering Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People of Color

* Jahna Berry
Reporter, Arizona Republic
* Andy Marra
Asian-Pacific Islander Media Strategist, GLAAD
* Miguel Morales
Journalism Student
* David Plazas
Community Conversation Editor, The News-Press
* Thomas Avila
Deputy Executive Director, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association

For three decades, media coverage of gays in America has focused primarily on white men and women: From reports outlining same-sex cohabitation, adoption; AIDS awareness, and the fight over the right to marry, the faces usually depicted in such news stories are usually those of white individuals. But as the nation’s demographics rapidly change, so to must coverage of gays change to reflect growing numbers of people of color who grapple with these issues. How do people of color experience the process of “coming out,” compared with whites? Are black men experiencing the gay-marriage debate differently than their white counterparts? How about Asian-American same-sex couples - are they concerned with the challenges of adopting? Is the public’s limited understanding of the transgendered community more or less confused by the presence of blacks and Latinos who are transgendered? This workshop will provide journalists with information and resources on gay people of color, and strategies for better covering one of the most overlooked communities in America.

Posted by Jaclyn at 04:12 PM
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It’s so hard to pick! And I can only do one per day because there are no outlets in the session rooms (or hardly anywhere, for that matter, even though this is a brand-new convention center the size of a major airport), and my battery is no spring chicken. Though I’m plugged in right now, and if I get enough juice going, I may blog part of my 3PM session, called “Label at Your Own Risk: Covering Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People of Color.”

But my point here, which I do have, is that I’ve decided what to liveblog tomorrow. Tune in at 2:15 EST/1:15 CST for “Beyond ‘Illegal Alien’: Toward Fair, Ethical and Accurate Immigration Coverage.” Description & panelists after the jump. See you there!

Continue reading "OK, I've decided." »

Posted by Jaclyn at 02:56 PM
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UPDATE: May be getting started a couple of minutes late. Hang tight — I’ll be on soon!

I’m squeeing like a fangirl, because tomorrow I get to see one of my heroes live: Winona LaDuke! Come along with me as I liveblog her amazing panel at 10AM EST/9AM CST. The deets:

What the World Needs Now: Globalization, the New Economics and the Role of the Media

Moderator: Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour (PBS)

Winona LaDuke, environmental activist, head of the White Earth Land Recovery Project and former vice presidential candidate with Ralph Nader

James Makawa, Founder and CEO of The Africa Channel

IIn this session we gather some of the most active minds to talk about the significant challenges and changes across the globe — from economic growth to health issues to war and peace — and the role of the media and communication in telling those stories

Posted by Jaclyn at 08:53 PM
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Greetings from Chicago! I’m here at Unity, and didn’t get set up for liveblogging in time for this AM’s session on “Is Change in the Air: 1968 to 2008 and Beyond, How Race Has Changed America.” So I took liveblog-style notes and am just posting them now, so you can pretend ;). Hope to really liveblog starting tomorrow.

Basically, it’s 40 years since the Kerner Commission report, and this session sunk its teeth into what has and hasn’t changed since that national call to action on the race divide. Panelists were:

Felix Gutierrez, Professor of Journalism & Communication, USC Annenberg
Dori Maynard, President, Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Mark Trahant, Editorial Page Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Helen Zia, Journalist, Scholar & Author, and former Executive Editor, Ms. magazine.

Catch the goodness after the break…

Continue reading "Not-Quite-Live-Blogging at Unity: How Race Has Changed America" »

Posted by Jaclyn at 04:08 PM
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Hello faithful readership! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and somehow managing to stay cool in the heat. Things at the CNW office have been crazy/exciting lately, as we’re working on a big project that will be coming up sooner than you think (teaser alert!) I was surfing around YouTube today doing some research for Jaclyn (because I have the best job EVER) and I came across this video created by the Women’s Media Center called “Sexism Sells — But We’re Not Buying It.” This video literally stopped me dead in my tracks, it’s a montage of outrageously sexist remarks made by the media during the 2008 election coverage. Just… wow.

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-IrhRSwF9U&feature=related

That’s all for now, have a great weekend everyone and eat lots of popsicles!

-Stacey =)

Posted by Stacey at 04:01 PM
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