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If 2014 harlem book fair panel on multicultural book publishing. My name is weighed hudson and i am president and ceo of just us books, independent Childrens Book co. My wife cheryl and i started in 1988. We established just us books to addressing the needs to reflect our societys diversity. I will moderate the discussion but before we starts i would like to pay a little homage to a great writer we lost last week. Walter myers, winner of many of the awards for children and young adult literature produced a body of work that included more than 100 books for children and young adults. He often wrote about younger africanamericans who battled troubles in the streets, in school and at home, giving them a voice. Also a leading advocate for diversity in childrens literature. We will all miss his outstanding and wonderful writer and human being. Those interested in recognizing walter by making a donation may do so by contributing 2 two of his favorite causes, the Children Defense Fund and a l
What is the proudest moment of your career so far . Guest wow. I dont mean to sound snarky or snippy here, but i hope it is yet to come. I feel very fortunate in just a few days well start our 12th season on pbs. Im now on 15 years in public radio. I feel very blessed at start of this year to do all weve done so far. I hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to i hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to pick something it would be that i am still in here and so many people that against me in so much of my life. When i started on npr some years ago i remember the complaint when i first started, that i talk too loud. My favorite was that my laugh was too boisterously last too boisterously. My laugh was too much mike haydns was wrong, i spoke too fast, it was too big for public radio. This is National Public radio and i started the bidding was i was not going to make it, 15 years on public radio. People didnt think, charlie rose had done well for years nobody expected
Peter, tomplaint came pouring into npr wn i first started i talked too loud. My favorite one was my laugh was too boisterous. He laughs too bows tmendously. Laugh was too much. My cence was wrong. I spo too fast. Everything about me isoo big for public radio. You know how npr is. This is National Public radio. My style is so different when i first started at npthe betting i wouldnt make it. Pb the betting wasnt as high. People didnt think it would rk on pbs. Charlie rose had done well for years d nobody expecd for me to make it on pbs. Long story short it would be im still here. Host 25 years or so youve been doing this. 17 books or so you ever written and edid. Your different shows that youve done, what do you think youve accomplished . Guest i hope that what we do every day through our public radio and plic Television Work is the same three things that say all the time. I hope, number one to challen fellow citizens to reexamine the sumption they hold. We all bring assumptions to the
April wants to respond as well. The wonderful students at Howard University in telecom . Im a sociology major. A journalism major. Nonetheless and this is my personal opinion if you have a blog podcast, you have a role on social media and have a responsibility. You have a responsibility to tell the truth. As someone who has gone through Howard University, you have a responsibility to tell the truth and get it out there accurately. There are so many people not telling the truth, not telling the story correctly, particularly, telling the story about our community that is not about our community. You have a responsibility. I challenge anyone out there who gets a blog, any kind of twitter page whatever, go out there and be responsible until the truth. Find out the facts. Everybody can be a journalist now, and that is a big problem. Theres a lot of responsibility in being a journalist. Thank you, april. My name is caleb jackson, im 19 years old. We are group of teenagers who want to affect