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We are among the Humphrey program’s first to cross the border into Mexico. The Humphrey Fellows at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, the University of Minnesota, and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs have …
First Impressions Last Until They Don’t Read More
By Travis Arbon and Rajneesh Bhandari Just as different media outlets reported on Ferguson differently, audiences had varying reactions to the coverage and how it influenced their perception of racial injustice. According to a Pew …
Media Has The Power To Conquer Social Ills Read More
Journalists have the power to encourage audience to walk at least a mile in someone else’s shoes by watching TV or written reports about racism. It is not a big surprise to learn how great …
50 years after “Bloody Sunday” attacks, racism still alive in the U.S. Read MoreWritten by Alexis Macklin, Sholpan Zhaksybaeva and Krista Kull Edited by Alexis Macklin On Aug. 9, 2014, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. The death of the young black man in the …
Ferguson case around the world Read MoreCondoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State to the United States Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family is an autobiographical account from the sixty-sixth U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. The book journeyed through her …
Condoleezza Rice’s Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family Read MoreRace is a difficult topic for people to understand and talk about. I think that one of the reasons that racism occurs in today’s society is because people are unaware or uniformed of other people’s …
Racism is a Result of Being Uninformed Read MoreIt ain’t easy being black in America. A simple glance at the data will tell you why. Let’s start with education. According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, high school graduation rates for blacks …
Race, Ferguson and America’s Future Read MoreAnton Chekhov, the great Russian author and scenario-writer said: “ If in the first act you have hung a gun on the wall, then in the following act it should be fired” It means that …
Is gun violence is really about Race? Read MoreOne year ago, during a journalism course at Boston University, I witnessed an ethical dispute over what it seemed to be an ordinary stock photo, representing a black girl biting a slice of watermelon and …
“It is all because of this man” Read MoreA long time hotel owner James “Jimmy” Brock died in 2007. His funeral took place in St. Augustine, Florida. Friends remember him as a respected businessman and a good investor at St. Augustine tourism. Here …
The “acid of racism” in the water: St. Augustine lessons Read More