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When I reached Danielle Kilgo, I was sitting in my car at the Brooklyn Center strip mall across from the police precinct that has become the hub for protests after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by then-officer Kim Potter on Sunday.
Kilgo had been in the same spot the previous day. She is the John & Elizabeth Bates Cowles professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.
Knowing her background and expertise, I asked her this question: What is the line for African American journalists who intend to highlight our experiences without feeding the world s fascination with our pain?
A Tulane University professor now shares something in common with legendary journalists such as Bill Moyers, Molly Ivins, Leonard Pitts Jr., Studs Terkel and Nina Totenberg. Like them, and other major authors and communicators, Vicki Mayer, a professor of communication in the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts, has been awarded the Professional Freedom & Responsibility Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
The award, an honor given by the association’s Cultural and Critical Studies Division, is bestowed annually to a journalist, writer, activist or scholar who the group believes embodies the spirit of cultural studies.
This J-school is old. Its first-ever diversity and inclusion chair is new.
“What I want is for them is to be absolutely confident. That’s what I want. Confidence in their skills and to feel confident that they will be valued both for their lived experience, and for their expertise as professionals.”
By Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez April 6, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
April 6, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
Last June, a group of 21 students and alumni from Canada’s Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication published a call to action directed at the school, saying that it has “created an environment where BIPOC students feel that they do not belong.”
January 11, 2021
Each day, thousands of people across the U.S. receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccination. Health care providers and public health officials hope that the vaccines given now and, in the future, will help control the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
However, as the nation begins to ramp up its vaccination rate, misinformation about the vaccines are spreading. University of Minnesota Professor Panayiota Kendeou and Associate Professor Emily Vraga, both co-authors on The COVID-19 Vaccine: Communication Handbook, are available to comment about how this vaccine fits into the overall attitudes toward vaccination and how to address misinformation.