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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Posted: March 20, 2008 |
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NABJ Responds to Columbia School of Journalism on Diversity
NABJ President Barbara Ciara and Region VI Director Bob Butler condemned the Columbia University School of Journalism for its lack of diversity on the recent panel, "Enlarging the Space for Watchdog Journalism: Countering Threats, Supporting Investigations.”
The letter to Dean Nicholas Lemann referred to the response of panel organizer and Center for Public Integrity founder Charles Lewis, who when asked by a reporter why there were no black representatives indicated that none merited inclusion. The letter from Ciara and Butler cite several examples of award-winning black investigative reporters and offers to assist the J-School when assembling panelists for future conferences.
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than 4,100 members, and provides educational, career development and support to black journalists worldwide.
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