With the first presidential debate of the 2008 campaign days away, UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. wants to ensure this will be the last election cycle that fails to include women or people of color as moderators. UNITY, the largest organization of journalists in the world, calls on the Commission on Presidential Debates to reevaluateContinueContinue reading “UNITY: Presidential Debate Moderators Fails to Reflect Nation’s Diversity”
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Learn More, Discuss Panel on Unconscious Bias and Media Coverage
Thank you to those UNITY convention participants who attended our panel today on unconscious bias and media coverage featuring panelists Carole Simpson, Eva Paterson, Jack Dovidio and Roosevelt Thomas. Please post comments here with your feedback on the panel, any questions and other thoughts. Here’s some additional reading on the topic if you’d like toContinueContinue reading “Learn More, Discuss Panel on Unconscious Bias and Media Coverage”
Panelists Announced for Obama Speech at UNITY
Sen. Barack Obama will speak tomorrow, Sunday, July 27 to attendees of UNITY ’08, here for the quadrennial convention of UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. Obama’s speech will be the final event of a five-day conference that attracted nearly 7,000 journalists from across the country and will be televised live at 11 a.m. (CDT) fromContinueContinue reading “Panelists Announced for Obama Speech at UNITY”