OSWEGO — Nikole Hannah-Jones, the award-winning creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” about the history and lasting legacy of American slavery, will headline SUNY Oswego’s 32nd
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Legendary businessman Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. smoothly makes the 20-minute drive from Birmingham’s historic Smithfield neighborhood, where he lives, to the Roebuck Municipal Golf Course on a chilly late January morning, two weeks after his 96th birthday.
Once at the course which he leases from the city of Birmingham, one of his numerous business endeavors he cranks up one of the golf carts, loads his bag of clubs and drivers, and heads to a nearby hole where he puts his ball-striking skills on display. It doesn’t take long for him or the cold winter sun to warm up. Soon the man known as “Doc” is sinking putt after putt with the ease of a professional tournament champion.
What I’ve learned in nine months of covering the journalism crisis
When I began writing this newsletter, in June, I imagined the local journalism crisis as a graph with a simple line, rising and falling with each wave of cuts, marking how the world of news was getting worse or getting better. After nine months of reporting, I’ve realized it’s not that simple. It’s not just about what the numbers mean for those who were laid off or furloughed, but sometimes, how the newsroom that is left survives. A graph shows what is lost and gained, but not what it means to undergo such radical fluctuation and change.
She currently serves as Capitol correspondent for GPB’s Lawmakers.
Donna Lowry is an award-winning journalist with a passion for storytelling.
She currently serves as Capitol correspondent for GPB’s Lawmakers.
Donna spent nearly 30 years at WXIA-TV, 11Alive News, the NBC affiliate, where she created the acclaimed Class Act and Class Notes segments, which allowed her to honor hundreds of metro Atlanta teachers while giving her a unique view of education in action.
Most recently, she served as chief communications officer for Fulton County Schools. She also worked as director of communications for the Cobb County School District. Both managerial positions allowed her to continue spotlighting innovative, creative and exceptional news in education.
Allissa Richardson. Photo by DaJuana Jones.
The Annual Morgan Lecture
Richardson will explore how in the last five years Black smartphone witnesses launched the largest social justice movement in American history. In her new book,
Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest Journalism, Richardson explains why we cannot ignore the mobile testimonies of the afflicted and what is at risk when we do.
Richardson is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her research focuses on how African Americans use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism, especially in times of crisis. She is considered a pioneer in mobile journalism (MOJO), having launched the first smartphone-only college newsroom in 2010. She expanded the MOJO Lab curriculum throughout Africa, creating classes for allied nonprofit organizations in Morocco and South Africa.