The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development at St. John's University School of Law, supported
through a grant from the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity,
and Freedom Program.
"Rethinking the Discourse on Race: A
Symposium on How the Lack of Racial Diversity in the Media Affects
Social Justice and Policy"
This symposium will investigate the subject of racial diversity
in the media and in media policy.
Symposium
Brochure and Registration Form (PDF)
Dates
April 28-29, 2006
Location
School of Law, Queens
Campus
The Ford Foundation is funding this dialogue aimed at generating
new thinking about racial diversity in the commercial and
noncommercial entertainment and news media and its effect on social
justice and media policy. Media scholars have documented many
examples of disparate news and entertainment coverage. This
symposium will explore how media and media policy combine to
sustain negative racial perceptions among the public, the impact of
these perceptions on media policies, and the role of higher
education curriculum/programs in developing awareness in
journalism, media studies, and communications education at
undergraduate and graduate levels. Bringing together an
interdisciplinary group of scholars, this symposium will examine
research on the media and media policies from the perspectives of
the law, cultural studies, the social sciences, journalism, and
communications studies and will examine innovative proposals and
policies designed to combat these negative representations.
Symposium Schedule
Friday, April 28, 2006
8:30 - 9 a.m.
Registration / Continental Breakfast
9 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
- Mary C. Daly, Dean and John V. Brennan
Professor of Law and Ethics, St. John’s School of Law
- Leonard M. Baynes, Professor of Law and
Director The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development, St. John’s School of Law
- Becky Lentz, Program Officer, Electronic Media
Policy, The Ford Foundation
- Irma McClaurin, Program Officer, Education and
Scholarship, The Ford Foundation
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Race, the News and Hurricane
Katrina
Panelists will discuss how race played a role in the media coverage
of Hurricane Katrina. 1.5 Non-transitional CLE Credits
Moderator
Linetta J. Gilbert, Senior Program Officer,
Community and Resource Development, The Ford Foundation
Panelists
- Rosa Clemente, Independent Journalist
- Oscar Gandy, Herbert I. Schiller Term
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of
Pennsylvania
- Chul-joo Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Annenberg
School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- Marguerite Moritz, Professor and Director of
Graduate Studies, School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
University of Colorado
- Hemant Shah, Professor, School of Journalism
and Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Racial Misrepresentations and Gaps in News
and Entertainment Media Content and Employment
Panelists will discuss the misrepresentation and the lack of
representation of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and
American Indians in media news and entertainment. 1.5
Non-transitional CLE Credits
Moderator
Irma McClaurin, Program Officer, Education
and Scholarship, The Ford Foundation
Panelists
- Robert Entman, The J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro
Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington
University
- Elena Lingas, Research Scientist, Berkeley
Media Studies Group
- Federico Subervi, Professor, School of
Journalism and Mass Communication, Texas State University
- Sonny Skyhawk, President and Founder, American
Indians in Film
- Nancy Wang Yuen, Ph.D. Candidate, UCLA
Department of Sociology
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Lunch
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Race, Media, Curricular Solutions and
Journalism Professionalism
Panelists will discuss how, through specialized courses and
textbooks, journalism schools can better educate aspiring
journalists on how best to cover news stories in a racially
inclusive and sensitive manner. In addition, the panelists will
also discuss how working journalists can better achieve more racial
inclusion and balance in their news reporting. 1.5
Non-transitional CLE Credits
Moderator
Erna Smith, Visiting Professor and Senior
Fellow, Institute for Justice and Journalism, Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Southern California
Panelists
- Angela Campbell, Professor and Director, The
Citizens Communications Project, Institute for Public
Representation Georgetown University Law Center
- Ali Mohammed, Associate Professor of
Journalism, and Communication Studies, Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania
- Pamela Newkirk, Associate Professor,
Journalism and Mass Communication, New York University
- Earnest L.Perry, Associate
Professor of Journalism and Chair of Journalism Studies, University
of Missouri School of Journalism
- Alice Pifer, Director, Continuing Education,
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Race, Markets, Economics and the
Media
Panelists will discuss how “supposedly” free markets ineffectively
distribute media goods and services to racially and ethnically
distinct markets, e.g., broadband, radio, and television. 1.5
Non-transitional CLE Credits
Moderator
Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer
Federation of America
Panelists
- Allen Hammond IV, Professor of Law, Santa
Clara University School of Law
- Basilio Gaspar Monteiro, Assistant Professor,
Communications, Journalism and Media Studies, St. John’s
University
- LaVonda Reed-Huff, Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- Catherine J. K. Sandoval, Assistant Professor
of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
- Jorge Reina Schement, Distinguished Professor,
Co-Director of the Institute for Information Policy, Department of
Telecommunications, College of Communications, School of
Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State
University
- Joel Waldfogel, Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family
Professor, Professor of Business and Public Policy, Chairperson,
Business and Public Policy Department, Associate Vice Dean,
Doctoral Programs, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Karin Wilkins, Associate Professor and
Graduate Adviser, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of
Texas-Austin
7 - 10 p.m.
Gala Dinner
The Water’s Edge
The East River at 44th Drive
Long Island City, New York
Keynote Speaker
Honorable Jonathan Adelstein, Commissioner,
Federal Communications Commission
Saturday, April 29, 2006
9:30 - 11 a.m.
A Dialogue on Race between the Media
Reform and Media Justice Movements
Academic scholars and members of the Media Reform and Media
Justice Movements (all working to change the current media
paradigm) engage in a dialogue designed to reach a common ground
and collaboration to increase racial and ethnic diversity in
commercial, noncommercial and alternative media. 1.5
Non-transitional CLE Credits
Moderator
Philip Napoli, Associate Professor and Director,
Donald McGannon, Communication Research Center, Fordham
University
Panelists
- Mary C. Beltran, Assistant Professor,
Communication Arts and Chicana and Latina Studies, University of
Wisconsin
- Chanelle Hardy, Legislative Counsel, Consumers
Union
- Malkia Amala Cyril, Director, Youth Media
Council
- Sharon Ross, Assistant Professor, Television
Department, Columbia College Chicago
- Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press
- Kade L. Twist, Vice President, Native
Networking Policy Center
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Race, Media, and Re-Conceptualizing
Regulation and the First Amendment
Panelists will discuss short- and long-term strategies designed to
combat media absences and misrepresentations and will also discuss
more theoretical proposals designed to re-conceptualize First
Amendment review and analysis. 1.5 Non-transitional CLE
Credits
Moderator
Leonard M. Baynes, Professor of Law and Director,
The Ronald H. Brown Center for, Civil Rights and Economic
Development, St. John’s School of Law
Panelists
- Nolan Bowie, Senior Fellow and Adjunct
Lecturer, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of
Government
- David Honig, Executive Director, Minority
Media and Telecommunications Council
- Jerry Kang, Professor of Law, UCLA Law
School
- Blake D. Morant, Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr.
Professor of Law and Director Francis Lewis Law Center, Washington
and Lee University School of Law
- John Miller, Professor, School of Journalism,
Ryerson University
- Russell Robinson, Acting Professor of Law,
UCLA Law School
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Luncheon, Keynote and Book
Signing
- Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor
of Law, Columbia Law School, Author of Alchemy of Race and
Rights
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Conference Wrap-Up
Discussion of future steps, strategies, and research needed.
Moderator
Leonard M. Baynes, Professor of Law and Director,
The Ronald H. Brown Center for, Civil Rights and Economic
Development, St. John’s School of Law
Registration Fee
$10 per person if received by April 17, 2006
$25 per person if received after April 17, 2006
$50 CLE Credit. Qualifies for 8 CLE Credits
Students are free
Continuing Legal Education
St. John’s University School of Law has been certified by the New
York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited
Provider of Continuing Legal
Education in the State of New York.
Qualifies for 8 CLE Credits.
The conference is being organized by Professor Leonard M.
Baynes, the Director of The Ronald H. Brown Center, who previously
served as a scholar-in-residence at the Federal Communications
Commission ("FCC") during the administration of William Kennard. In
this capacity, Professor Baynes worked exclusively on media
diversity issues. Since joining the St. John's law faculty in 2002,
he has written several path-breaking law review articles examining
these critical issues and proposing innovative and cutting-edge
regulations to address under-representation in the media.
More Information
Leonard M. Baynes
Professor of Law and Director
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, New York 11439
(718) 990-6032
baynesl@stjohns.edu
Attn: Media & Diversity