Shooting happened at this point. We were hoping there would be a press briefing in the next 20 minutes but now we are told that is not going to happen until after 10 pm. As soon as we get more information, we will update you during this newscast. Reporting live from four fort collins, Jennifer Kovaleski denver 7 looking back, it was the worst day in my life. It was the most,. Reporter the pain is deep for this woman. Her brother, daughters brutally murdered in a Violent Crime that sent a chill across colorado. Tonight, incredible new developments in an attempt to crack this cold case. For decades, this was the biggest unsolved crime in colorado. New Dna Technology could be the key to solving it. Marc stewart is here for denver 7 reporter hard to believe a dna sample taken all the way back in 1984. Scientists were able to create these two portraits of the technique including aurora police. This was the middle boy. He was the good boy. He was a kid that never got in trouble. Reporter Bru
Real substantive dialogue on the issue of race in america. Lets get further into the subject on dialogue. I see a sign in the audience right there on the front row. It says black lives matter. Very plain and reasonable thats that the clarion call of all the arches in rallies and protests that have taken place ever since Michael Brown was killed this summer and yet just this morning i watched a Major Network interview a police chief and that police chief kept saying black people still want us in their neighborhoods. They keep calling us and they want us there. They dont seem to get the point that its not that black people dont want them there its just that they dont want them shooting unarmed black man. Question what can the media do to finally get that and report that . Anybody . Thats something that the white house had to deal with because here you have a black president who has taken the forefront talking about trayvon and things of that nature. When the situations have happened with
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
Not talked about much about the in media are unwilling to challenge cups in the hallway, it is hard to defend that one, but he might try. That is what you have here. Is this understanding that i understand what somebodys job is. We have a job as well, and it is our responsibility to also the aware of the issues to know what questions to ask. I am going to tell you right now, that is part of your problem. When youre watching television shows, it ate like you aint like you got the most well heart, what if we do not get to book them again, because if come across as too hard, some of us they not want to come on the show because i pressed too hard, and they pull their punches. You get these conversations, and are sitting at home because it is not a real interview. That is a fundamental problem we have in the media, but also why you have got other voices there willing to challenge. When i was doing soldedads obrien shows, they would not take questions from me. They did not somebody coming ou
Topics included Media Coverage of ferguson every chokehold verdict. The and the chokehold verdict. Welcome to the present club for a very timely discussion on coverage of race in america. How will we doing and how can we do better. This program has been planned jointly by the National Press club and the local press club. Tonight is historic because of how we came together this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided the organizations race. The 107th president of the press club. I want to know if you presence of john hughes, the 108th president acknowledged the presence of john hughes, the 108th president. One of the highlights of my year as president was to be invited to speed in this very room speak in this very room for the 70s anniversary of the press club that was formed by africanamerican journalists in a time they were denied membership in the National Press club. Africanamerican journalists and communicators have been active members since 1955 and we are