April wants to respond as well. The wonderful students at Howard University in telecom . Im a sociology major. A journalism major. Nonetheless and this is my personal opinion if you have a blog podcast, you have a role on social media and have a responsibility. You have a responsibility to tell the truth. As someone who has gone through Howard University, you have a responsibility to tell the truth and get it out there accurately. There are so many people not telling the truth, not telling the story correctly, particularly, telling the story about our community that is not about our community. You have a responsibility. I challenge anyone out there who gets a blog, any kind of twitter page whatever, go out there and be responsible until the truth. Find out the facts. Everybody can be a journalist now, and that is a big problem. Theres a lot of responsibility in being a journalist. Thank you, april. My name is caleb jackson, im 19 years old. We are group of teenagers who want to affect
Topics included Media Coverage of ferguson every chokehold verdict. The and the chokehold verdict. Welcome to the present club for a very timely discussion on coverage of race in america. How will we doing and how can we do better. This program has been planned jointly by the National Press club and the local press club. Tonight is historic because of how we came together this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided the organizations race. The 107th president of the press club. I want to know if you presence of john hughes, the 108th president acknowledged the presence of john hughes, the 108th president. One of the highlights of my year as president was to be invited to speed in this very room speak in this very room for the 70s anniversary of the press club that was formed by africanamerican journalists in a time they were denied membership in the National Press club. Africanamerican journalists and communicators have been active members since 1955 and we are