Category Archives: NCMR2007

Rev. Jackson spoke about Dr. King and how the historic “I have adream” speech has been too oftem reduced to that quote. But, said Jackson, “His speech was about broken promises.” About howLincoln promised emancipation. About how Congress promised civilrights through the 14th Amendment. About how Blacks and other peopleof color still don’t have theContinue reading “Jesse Jackson on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

I decided to skip the Bill Moyers plenary and visit the exhibits. Found a lot of new and familiar interesting organizations… Ran into a bunch of familiar faces: Ivan Roman and Joe Torres of the Nat’l Assoc of Hispanic Journalists (their national convention is in San Jose this year); Jen Soriano of the Youth MediaContinue reading “Running Into Folks”

It’s a wet day here in Memphis. And surprisingly not that cold. I’m on my way to the conference. Bill Moyers and Rev. Jackson willdeliver the initial plenaries. Danny Glover is being interviewed on local station WREG about the media reform conference. “We have to be responsible in what we report,” says Glover, “in orderContinue reading “Media Reform Conference Day One, Part One”