Department to Host Feb. 28 Panel on “The Press, Race, and Contemporary Politics”
Tuesday, Feb. 28
4:30PM
Hull house, 800 S. Halsted
From urban uprisings and the formation of black
activist movements to the tumultuous 2016 Presidential campaign, the news media have played a critical role in debates about race and politics.
Panelists:
Jane Rhodes, Department Head and Professor of African American Studies at UIC
Andy Rojecki, Professor of Communication at UIC and author of America and the Politics of Insecurity
Kat Chaney, President of the National Association of Black
Journalists –Chicago Chapter and EBONY magazine’s print managing editor
Charles Whittaker, Association Dean of Journalism and
a Helen Gurley Brown Professor at Northwestern University
Modified on August 27, 2018