NPR’s Michel Martin, Weekend All Things Considered Staff “Mainstream” Diversity
I rarely stop everything and listen to a full hour of National Public Radio programming. But I listened to every story on the June 18th edition of Weekend All Things Considered. Host Michel Martin and staff produced a fine example … Read More
10 Takeaways from Three Days of Hands-On Video Training at Poynter Institute
St. Petersburg, Fla.– I Can’t Believe that Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the final day of our “Hands-On Video Training” here at the nation’s leading news and media training spot, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Fortunately, I get to … Read More
Ninth University of Alabama System Scholars Institute Brings Back Memories
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.– Dozens of faculty, staff and administrators from the three institutions within the University of Alabama System are gathering here in The Rocket City today for the Ninth University of Alabama System Scholars Institute. This will be my third … Read More
What’s Big Enough to Make Kevin Merida Get Emotional?
I never met Kevin Merida, former managing editor of The Washington Post. The only connection I have to him is our mutual affiliation with the National Association of Black Journalists. But, after hearing excerpts from his interview with National Public Radio’s David … Read More
Seven Things I Learned From Live Tweeting A Road Trip
[ ] Here’s one of those “Middle of the Night” blog posts that you don’t anticipate writing, but when they come to you, you just have to do it. I just completed a few vacation days on the road … Read More
UA Journalism Professor Chris Roberts Tells Why You Can Leave Alabama and Come Home Again
With a subject “Mama Called,” University of Alabama Journalism Professor Chris Roberts certainly did not disappoint as he took a walk down memory lane and delivered a superb “Last Lecture” to a crowd of several hundred gathered Wednesday night in … Read More
Message to Stillman College Students– Write Your Story, Tell Your Story, Be Your Story
This past Sunday it was my pleasure to be the keynote speaker for The Collegiate 100 Pinning Ceremony at Stillman College here in Tuscaloosa. As a charter member of The 100 Black Men of West Alabama, Inc., I aimed … Read More
UA Journalism Student Comments on Immigration Debate While Attending Hispanic Journalists Conference
SAN ANTONIO– A University of Alabama journalism student is offering some insight on the ongoing immigration debate. Ellisa Bray, a Houston native, is representing the University at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) meeting here in South Texas this … Read More
High Expectations For Second AEJMC Trip to California’s Bay Area
The countdown is on for the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), which begins this week in San Francisco. For those of us who teach journalism at the college level, THIS is the … Read More
Stillman College Inaugural Festivities Spotlight Service, Path to Eminence
While things were winding down elsewhere in Tuscaloosa with Spring Break beginning at the University of Alabama, Shelton State Community College and the local school systems, it’s been just the opposite at Stillman College as the school’s sixth president Dr. Peter … Read More