Bob Edwards Show interviews Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
"Amy Goodman anchors the foremost progressive daily news program in the country, 'Democracy Now!' Goodman along with her brother, investigative reporter David Goodman, recently wrote a new book which tells the stories of courageous citizens who have challenged government policies. It's called 'Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.'"
download/listen: podcast
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Speaking up at WOUB's public advisory meeting, 2/19/08
The following videos are from the Feb. 19, 2008 WOUB Public Advisory Council meeting are used with permission of Ohio University, and were produced by WOUB. The first set of videos were taken during the 10 minute period set aside for "public comment" near the end of the meeting.
Bob Sheak, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Jack Wright, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Jan Griesinger, member of the Athens, Ohio community, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Chuck Overby, member of the Athens, Ohio community, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
John Morgan, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Bob Stewart, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
These videos are of the responses by the attending members of WOUB's Public Advisory Council:
George Bain, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Kathy Devecka, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Bob Gallagher, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Milena Miller, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Jeff Wilson, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Sandra Sleight-Brennan, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Jim Fuller, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Fred Harner, chair of WOUB's Public Advisory Council, adjourning the meeting and then asking the public to leave the premises
According to several members of the council, the discussion about our request continued after we were dismissed from the meeting, effectively eliminating our opportunity to respond to WOUB managers' statements about our efforts.
Membership of the WOUB Public Advisory Council:
Mr. Fred Charles Harner, Chair, Athens
Ms. Milena Miller, Vice Chair, Athens
Ms. Kathy Devecka, Secretary, Athens
Dr. George Bain, Legislative Affairs Chair, Athens
Ms. Brandi Baker (student), Athens
Mr. Matthew Barnes (student), Athens
Mr. Tom Brennaman (alumnus), Cincinnati
Ms. Maggi Channell, Athens
Dr. Bill Dingus, South Point
Mr. James Fuller, Nominating Chair, Athens
Mr. Robert Gallagher, Chillicothe
Mr. Robert Guentter, Jr., Zanesville
Ms. Monica Sue Jones, Zanesville
Mr. Brooks Jarosz (student), Athens
Mr. Gary Little, Athens
Ms. Diane McVey, Development Chair, Athens
Mrs. Caroline Putnam, Marietta
Ms. Nicole Salem (student) Athens
Mr. David Scheffler, Columbus
Ms. Sandra Sleight-Brennan, Athens
Mr. Aaron Thomas, Athens
Ms. Janice Tucker-McCloud, New Concord
Mr. Jeff Wilson, Athens
Ex-officio: Dr. Gregory J. Shepherd, Dean, Scripps College of Communication; Dr. Carolyn Bailey Lewis, Director and General Manager
WOUB Council Liaison: Ms. Sue Damron, Administrative Coordinator, WOUB 740-593-4952 or damronw@ohio.edu
The next meeting is May 21, 2008 in Ironton [read more]
Bob Sheak, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Jack Wright, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Jan Griesinger, member of the Athens, Ohio community, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Chuck Overby, member of the Athens, Ohio community, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
John Morgan, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
Bob Stewart, member of Athens Free Press, speaking on behalf of Democracy Now
These videos are of the responses by the attending members of WOUB's Public Advisory Council:
George Bain, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Kathy Devecka, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Bob Gallagher, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Milena Miller, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Jeff Wilson, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Sandra Sleight-Brennan, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Jim Fuller, member of WOUB's Public Advisory Council
Fred Harner, chair of WOUB's Public Advisory Council, adjourning the meeting and then asking the public to leave the premises
According to several members of the council, the discussion about our request continued after we were dismissed from the meeting, effectively eliminating our opportunity to respond to WOUB managers' statements about our efforts.
Membership of the WOUB Public Advisory Council:
Mr. Fred Charles Harner, Chair, Athens
Ms. Milena Miller, Vice Chair, Athens
Ms. Kathy Devecka, Secretary, Athens
Dr. George Bain, Legislative Affairs Chair, Athens
Ms. Brandi Baker (student), Athens
Mr. Matthew Barnes (student), Athens
Mr. Tom Brennaman (alumnus), Cincinnati
Ms. Maggi Channell, Athens
Dr. Bill Dingus, South Point
Mr. James Fuller, Nominating Chair, Athens
Mr. Robert Gallagher, Chillicothe
Mr. Robert Guentter, Jr., Zanesville
Ms. Monica Sue Jones, Zanesville
Mr. Brooks Jarosz (student), Athens
Mr. Gary Little, Athens
Ms. Diane McVey, Development Chair, Athens
Mrs. Caroline Putnam, Marietta
Ms. Nicole Salem (student) Athens
Mr. David Scheffler, Columbus
Ms. Sandra Sleight-Brennan, Athens
Mr. Aaron Thomas, Athens
Ms. Janice Tucker-McCloud, New Concord
Mr. Jeff Wilson, Athens
Ex-officio: Dr. Gregory J. Shepherd, Dean, Scripps College of Communication; Dr. Carolyn Bailey Lewis, Director and General Manager
WOUB Council Liaison: Ms. Sue Damron, Administrative Coordinator, WOUB 740-593-4952 or damronw@ohio.edu
The next meeting is May 21, 2008 in Ironton [read more]
Monday, May 12, 2008
Plunkett cartoon captured the hypocrisy of WOUB officials
To the Editor [of the Athens News]:
Kudos to Sandy Plunkett for a terrific political cartoon in the May 1 Athens NEWS distilling the hypocrisy of WOUB’s refusal to carry “Democracy Now” while OU shamelessly gushes over Fox News President Roger Ailes’ gift of media equipment to his alma mater.
In dismissing the outpouring of regional requests for WOUB to carry DN, officials have publicly said very little except (as the cartoon depicts) suggesting that the requested show is “biased.”
Yet OU has fawningly kowtowed to what journalists generally acknowledge is the most slanted large news organization in the nation. Incredibly, they’ve actually christened the upgraded studio in the name of the right-wing FOX honcho.
Internal documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that communications among OU and WOUB officials cited a total of one WOUB viewer threatening to withhold support if “Democracy Now” hits the local airwaves. The show in question does play on PBS/NPR affiliates elsewhere and reportedly results in more, not fewer, contributions to these public stations.
With the recent opening of several digital channels broadcast by WOUB, there’s plenty of airtime available for the inclusion of the award-winning “Democracy Now” program.
Yes, there is bias contained in this continuing controversy. And it’s clearly on the side of WOUB/OU management. It’s past time that changes.
Michael Barr
Gilham Road
Athens
Kudos to Sandy Plunkett for a terrific political cartoon in the May 1 Athens NEWS distilling the hypocrisy of WOUB’s refusal to carry “Democracy Now” while OU shamelessly gushes over Fox News President Roger Ailes’ gift of media equipment to his alma mater.
In dismissing the outpouring of regional requests for WOUB to carry DN, officials have publicly said very little except (as the cartoon depicts) suggesting that the requested show is “biased.”
Yet OU has fawningly kowtowed to what journalists generally acknowledge is the most slanted large news organization in the nation. Incredibly, they’ve actually christened the upgraded studio in the name of the right-wing FOX honcho.
Internal documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that communications among OU and WOUB officials cited a total of one WOUB viewer threatening to withhold support if “Democracy Now” hits the local airwaves. The show in question does play on PBS/NPR affiliates elsewhere and reportedly results in more, not fewer, contributions to these public stations.
With the recent opening of several digital channels broadcast by WOUB, there’s plenty of airtime available for the inclusion of the award-winning “Democracy Now” program.
Yes, there is bias contained in this continuing controversy. And it’s clearly on the side of WOUB/OU management. It’s past time that changes.
Michael Barr
Gilham Road
Athens
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Moyers, on Democracy Now! ... Again
The following is an excerpt from a May 7, 2008 interview with Bill Moyers on Democracy Now! [full program]
AMY GOODMAN: On the issue of broadcasting and media, you’re broadcasting on PBS. Do you think it has become, well, let’s say, to put it mildly, risk-averse? Go back forty years to the Carnegie Commission and the founding of public broadcasting. You were there in the White House. You were the press secretary for Lyndon Johnson. You came in in ’63, when he came in after Kennedy’s assassination?
BILL MOYERS: Yes. The first two years, I was his general assistant and the fellow who was coordinating his domestic policy. I actually helped put together the task force that led to the creation of public broadcasting in—Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. I had left in January of ’67. But my first job, before he insisted—after three times I had said no—he insisted I become the press secretary, was dealing with issues like the environment, civil rights, public broadcasting and all of that. So, yes, I was present at the creation.
And I have to say that public broadcasting today is not the adventuresome, the risk-taking exercise in diversity and pluralism and democracy that we had hoped it would be. It lacks the financial independence to take the risks that you can only take when you have nothing to lose, because 70 percent of public broadcasting’s funding comes from Congress. That makes it political in the eyes of many people, even though that influence is marginal. You know, I’ve advocated for years publicly that Democracy Now! should be on public broadcasting.
AMY GOODMAN: And it is on a number of PBS stations.
BILL MOYERS: A number of stations, but it’s not fed through the system. It’s not a system-wide—it should be. And there should be other reasonable voices with different philosophies than yours and mine on the air. But it is hamstrung by financial penury, and it’s embedded in a system that is altogether too political, and so it doesn’t take the risks that we ought to be taking. We ought to be the forum for the country.
AMY GOODMAN: What do you think of Kenneth Tomlinson, the man who made you his target, possibly drove you off PBS for a while, giving $5 million to the Wall Street Journal Report that aired on PBS, $5 million? Now it goes to FOX, so PBS becomes the incubator for programs in the commercial media.
BILL MOYERS: Well, I address that story in two of the speeches I delivered that are published in Moyers on Democracy. They didn’t drive me off the air. PBS took—stood behind me. Pat Mitchell, the then-president of PBS, was under enormous pressure. I wasn’t even aware of how much pressure until I left.
The main reason I left—I had been doing this weekly broadcast, I was seventy years old, I was tired, I needed a rest. But the main reason I left is that I could not oppose—I knew what Kenneth Tomlinson and the—who was Karl Rove’s man at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—I knew what they were doing. I had friends still working at CPB. One of them called me and said, you know, Tomlinson has said his job is to get rid of Moyers. Well, I wasn’t going to let that happen, but I finally realized that the only way I could deal with Kenneth Tomlinson and the rightwing effort to intimidate public broadcasting was to leave the air for awhile, because I couldn’t use my broadcast, I couldn’t use the camera to oppose him, because it would appear to be self-serving. So I left.
I retired at the age of seventy, went out and made a series of speeches. Most of them are in that book. Two of them dealt directly with Tomlinson. And I worked with friends of public broadcasting in Washington to tell the story of what was happening.
As a result of that and other things, the integrity of—the inspector general at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting looked into Tomlinson’s activities and decided they were violating the rules and the regulations. He had to leave the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He was not reappointed. And then he had to also leave the Board of Governors of the overseas broadcasting, the United States overseas broadcasting, because he had engaged in many of the same questionable activities there that he had done at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. When that was over and I had felt that I had had my say without abusing my position at public broadcasting, I came back with a weekly series.
But this is not the first time, Amy. You know that starting with Richard Nixon and Patrick Buchanan, when Buchanan was Nixon’s director of communications, they tried to undo public broadcasting. Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole tried to undo public broadcasting. George W. Bush wants to defund even the modest amount of money we get from Congress. There’s been a consistent fight, because the conservatives don’t want an alternative view of reality. We’re not going to propagate their propaganda. They don’t like it when there’s any kind of opposition or any—someone who doesn’t cooperate with them, they don’t like. So they have been consistently, from 1970 forward, trying to undo public broadcasting. And that’s one of the reasons public broadcasting hasn’t soared as the independent source of journalism, analysis and debate that it should be.
AMY GOODMAN: On the issue of broadcasting and media, you’re broadcasting on PBS. Do you think it has become, well, let’s say, to put it mildly, risk-averse? Go back forty years to the Carnegie Commission and the founding of public broadcasting. You were there in the White House. You were the press secretary for Lyndon Johnson. You came in in ’63, when he came in after Kennedy’s assassination?
BILL MOYERS: Yes. The first two years, I was his general assistant and the fellow who was coordinating his domestic policy. I actually helped put together the task force that led to the creation of public broadcasting in—Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. I had left in January of ’67. But my first job, before he insisted—after three times I had said no—he insisted I become the press secretary, was dealing with issues like the environment, civil rights, public broadcasting and all of that. So, yes, I was present at the creation.
And I have to say that public broadcasting today is not the adventuresome, the risk-taking exercise in diversity and pluralism and democracy that we had hoped it would be. It lacks the financial independence to take the risks that you can only take when you have nothing to lose, because 70 percent of public broadcasting’s funding comes from Congress. That makes it political in the eyes of many people, even though that influence is marginal. You know, I’ve advocated for years publicly that Democracy Now! should be on public broadcasting.
AMY GOODMAN: And it is on a number of PBS stations.
BILL MOYERS: A number of stations, but it’s not fed through the system. It’s not a system-wide—it should be. And there should be other reasonable voices with different philosophies than yours and mine on the air. But it is hamstrung by financial penury, and it’s embedded in a system that is altogether too political, and so it doesn’t take the risks that we ought to be taking. We ought to be the forum for the country.
AMY GOODMAN: What do you think of Kenneth Tomlinson, the man who made you his target, possibly drove you off PBS for a while, giving $5 million to the Wall Street Journal Report that aired on PBS, $5 million? Now it goes to FOX, so PBS becomes the incubator for programs in the commercial media.
BILL MOYERS: Well, I address that story in two of the speeches I delivered that are published in Moyers on Democracy. They didn’t drive me off the air. PBS took—stood behind me. Pat Mitchell, the then-president of PBS, was under enormous pressure. I wasn’t even aware of how much pressure until I left.
The main reason I left—I had been doing this weekly broadcast, I was seventy years old, I was tired, I needed a rest. But the main reason I left is that I could not oppose—I knew what Kenneth Tomlinson and the—who was Karl Rove’s man at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—I knew what they were doing. I had friends still working at CPB. One of them called me and said, you know, Tomlinson has said his job is to get rid of Moyers. Well, I wasn’t going to let that happen, but I finally realized that the only way I could deal with Kenneth Tomlinson and the rightwing effort to intimidate public broadcasting was to leave the air for awhile, because I couldn’t use my broadcast, I couldn’t use the camera to oppose him, because it would appear to be self-serving. So I left.
I retired at the age of seventy, went out and made a series of speeches. Most of them are in that book. Two of them dealt directly with Tomlinson. And I worked with friends of public broadcasting in Washington to tell the story of what was happening.
As a result of that and other things, the integrity of—the inspector general at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting looked into Tomlinson’s activities and decided they were violating the rules and the regulations. He had to leave the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He was not reappointed. And then he had to also leave the Board of Governors of the overseas broadcasting, the United States overseas broadcasting, because he had engaged in many of the same questionable activities there that he had done at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. When that was over and I had felt that I had had my say without abusing my position at public broadcasting, I came back with a weekly series.
But this is not the first time, Amy. You know that starting with Richard Nixon and Patrick Buchanan, when Buchanan was Nixon’s director of communications, they tried to undo public broadcasting. Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole tried to undo public broadcasting. George W. Bush wants to defund even the modest amount of money we get from Congress. There’s been a consistent fight, because the conservatives don’t want an alternative view of reality. We’re not going to propagate their propaganda. They don’t like it when there’s any kind of opposition or any—someone who doesn’t cooperate with them, they don’t like. So they have been consistently, from 1970 forward, trying to undo public broadcasting. And that’s one of the reasons public broadcasting hasn’t soared as the independent source of journalism, analysis and debate that it should be.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
"A Soldier's Peace" film screening (podcasts added)
OU grad student Marshall Thompson's award winning film, "A Soldier's Peace," was shown Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Scripps Hall 111. Thompson was on hand for the showing, as well as a discussion about the film following the showing.
Introduction to film, with Bill Reader (JSchool) >> mp3 podcast
Discussion following film with Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress) and Marshall Thompson (film producer/director) >> mp3 podcast
Introduction to film, with Bill Reader (JSchool) >> mp3 podcast
Discussion following film with Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress) and Marshall Thompson (film producer/director) >> mp3 podcast
Friday, April 25, 2008
"We STILL Want Better Media" Conference (podcasts added)
Friday, May 9
7:30 p.m. - Film Screening - A Soldier's Peace (Scripps Hall 111)
Introduction to film, with Bill Reader (JSchool) >> mp3 podcast
Discussion following film with Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress) and Marshall Thompson (film producer/director) >> mp3 podcast
Saturday, May 10
9:30 a.m. - Registration (Scripps Hall 107). NOTE: This is a free conference; registration is optional.
10:00 a.m. - Welcome (Scripps Hall 111)
Thomas Hodson, Director E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Bob Stewart, Athens Free Press, Chelsea Toy, Student Committee and Campus Progress Advisory Board Member, and Thomas Coen from Campus Progress
10:30 a.m. - Media and Politics (Scripps Hall 111)
- Terry Smith, editor (Athens News)
- Algis Mickunas, retired professor (Philosophy)
- Bernhard Debatin, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
- MODERATOR: Sandra Haggerty, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
11:45 a.m. - Breakout Sessions
- Blogging - Bob Stewart, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
- Media Bootcamp - Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress)
12:45 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1:45 p.m. - "Work in Progress"
- Kelsey McCoy (Rural Action)
- Chelsea Toy (Ohio University)
- Marshall Thompson (Ohio University)
- MODERATOR: Thomas Coen
3:00 p.m. - Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - Why Media Reform is Important to Us All - Multi-Issue Panel (Scripps Hall 111).
MODERATOR: Cara Theart (Honors degree in journalism from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Susanne Dietzel -- Media portrayal of women's issues (mp3). Dr. Dietzel is director of the OU Women’s Center. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies and Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota in 1996. Before coming to Ohio, Dr. Dietzel was an Assistant Professor of women's studies at Tulane University and directed the Women's Resource Center at Loyola University in New Orleans. Her research interests include interdisciplinary women’s studies, feminist theory and activism, and the role of women's centers in institutions of higher learning. She is also a co-founder of Katrina Warriors, a feminist network committed to ending violence against women and girls in New Orleans.
Ruhi Khan -- Media effects on muslim youth in India (mp3). Ruhi is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in telecommunications. She grew up in Kuwait, completed her bachelor’s degree in India, and earned her masters at Syracuse University with a concentration in media management and programming. Ruhi spent six years in India working with STAR TV Networks and National Geographic Channels International, and is now completing her dissertation research on how the media impacts the collective identities of Muslim youth in India.
Geoff Buckley -- Media coverage of social and environmental justice in Appalachia (mp3). Buckley is an associate geography professor. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1997 by studying the effects of coal mining on the forests and water of western Maryland. Here at Ohio University, Dr. Buckley teaches a number of relevant courses, including “Appalachia: Land and People.” His research interests include historical geography, environmental justice, and coal mining in Appalachia. He is the author of Extracting Appalachia: Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910-1945 and is currently co-editing a book about environmental justice in Appalachia.
Speaker bios:
Thomas Coen (Associate Publications Manager for Campus Progress) -- Thomas graduated in 2007 from Wesleyan University with a BA in Government and Economics and a Certificate in International Relations. While at Wesleyan, Thomas co-hosted a weekly political talk radio show, was a research assistant focusing on U.S. counterterrorism policy, and co-founded a publication, Incite Magazine, that combines news analysis and political commentary with action and activism. He has interned at People for the American Way and in the United States Senate.
Bernhard Debatin teaches courses in online journalism, media ethics and theoretical/conceptual topics. Since Summer 2005, he has been serving as the Director of Studies in the Journalism HTC program. His research areas include new media and online journalism, media ethics, international media, mass media theory, theory of the public sphere, communication theory, and metaphor theory.
Algis Mickunas is professor emeritus of philosophy at Ohio University and a preeminent American scholar of contemporary European philosophy, Marxism, hermeneutics, semiotics, phenomenology, and existentialism as well as theories of democracy and politics. He has published and/or presented hundreds of scholarly papers and articles at numerous conferences in America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, India, and the Middle East and authored more than a dozen books, including Technocracy vs Democracy. He founded or co-founded several scholarly bodies, including the International Circle of Husserl Scholars, the International Circle of Merleau-Ponty Scholars, The Current State of Marxian Theory, the International Gebser Society, and the Center for the Study of Globalization in Guatemala. Although Professor Mickunas has retired from teaching at Ohio University where he taught for 30 years, receiving several university professor awards and an outstanding graduate faculty award, he maintains an active schedule of lecturing in Europe and the Middle East and continues writing. His latest book is Democracy Today. His most recent honors include being appointed to the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and named the outstanding foreign contributor to humanities and social sciences in Luthuania.
Tanya Paperny (Outreach and Organizing Associate Manager for Campus Progress) -- Tanya recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied Women’s Studies and History and was a leader in the Queer Student Union, Women’s Commission, and Solidarity Against War. She tends to think that mainstream media in this country is pretty screwy, so to try to change that, she’s interned at KCSB and WAMU-FM, and written, edited, and designed for UCSB’s DisOrientation Guide, HerStory Feminist Magazine, and The Bottom Line, an alternative student newspaper. She recently completed an internship at Women Work! and a cross-country road trip in an old-school car.
Terry Smith has worked for 27 years in newspapers, including 21 years as editor of The Athens News. He's worked at small and mid-sized papers in Ohio (2), Arizona, Idaho, Colorado and West Virginia, both as an editor and a news reporter. He has been teaching courses (usually news-writing) at the Scripps School of Journalism on a contract/adjunct basis. He's also conducted workshops and seminars, and participated in panels at the annual Scripps High School Journalism Workshop at Ohio University. He has moderated and sat on panels at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklie' annual conference.
Marshall Thompson is completing an MSJ from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. He served in Iraq as a military journalist. When he returned from Iraq he and his wife created the organization "A Soldier's Peace," and produced a documentary about his walk across the state of Utah to call for an end to the war.
Chelsea Toy is a sophomore majoring in journalism and specializing in international studies at Ohio University. Born outside of Pittsburgh, PA, she grew up competing in professional rodeos as a barrel racer. She has traveled to Washington, DC, to report on the United for Peace and Justice march in January 2007, as well as to Selma, AL, to report on the 42nd Anniversary of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights’ march. Chelsea is also involved in organizing direct action campaigns for CODEPINK: Women for Peace in Athens, OH. Earlier this year, Chelsea interned in Cape Town, South Africa.
co-sponsored by: Athens Free Press & Campus Progress
7:30 p.m. - Film Screening - A Soldier's Peace (Scripps Hall 111)
Introduction to film, with Bill Reader (JSchool) >> mp3 podcast
Discussion following film with Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress) and Marshall Thompson (film producer/director) >> mp3 podcast
Saturday, May 10
9:30 a.m. - Registration (Scripps Hall 107). NOTE: This is a free conference; registration is optional.
10:00 a.m. - Welcome (Scripps Hall 111)
Thomas Hodson, Director E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Bob Stewart, Athens Free Press, Chelsea Toy, Student Committee and Campus Progress Advisory Board Member, and Thomas Coen from Campus Progress
10:30 a.m. - Media and Politics (Scripps Hall 111)
- Terry Smith, editor (Athens News)
- Algis Mickunas, retired professor (Philosophy)
- Bernhard Debatin, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
- MODERATOR: Sandra Haggerty, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
11:45 a.m. - Breakout Sessions
- Blogging - Bob Stewart, professor (E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)
- Media Bootcamp - Tanya Paperny (Campus Progress)
12:45 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1:45 p.m. - "Work in Progress"
- Kelsey McCoy (Rural Action)
- Chelsea Toy (Ohio University)
- Marshall Thompson (Ohio University)
- MODERATOR: Thomas Coen
3:00 p.m. - Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - Why Media Reform is Important to Us All - Multi-Issue Panel (Scripps Hall 111).
MODERATOR: Cara Theart (Honors degree in journalism from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Susanne Dietzel -- Media portrayal of women's issues (mp3). Dr. Dietzel is director of the OU Women’s Center. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies and Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota in 1996. Before coming to Ohio, Dr. Dietzel was an Assistant Professor of women's studies at Tulane University and directed the Women's Resource Center at Loyola University in New Orleans. Her research interests include interdisciplinary women’s studies, feminist theory and activism, and the role of women's centers in institutions of higher learning. She is also a co-founder of Katrina Warriors, a feminist network committed to ending violence against women and girls in New Orleans.Ruhi Khan -- Media effects on muslim youth in India (mp3). Ruhi is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in telecommunications. She grew up in Kuwait, completed her bachelor’s degree in India, and earned her masters at Syracuse University with a concentration in media management and programming. Ruhi spent six years in India working with STAR TV Networks and National Geographic Channels International, and is now completing her dissertation research on how the media impacts the collective identities of Muslim youth in India.Geoff Buckley -- Media coverage of social and environmental justice in Appalachia (mp3). Buckley is an associate geography professor. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1997 by studying the effects of coal mining on the forests and water of western Maryland. Here at Ohio University, Dr. Buckley teaches a number of relevant courses, including “Appalachia: Land and People.” His research interests include historical geography, environmental justice, and coal mining in Appalachia. He is the author of Extracting Appalachia: Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910-1945 and is currently co-editing a book about environmental justice in Appalachia.Speaker bios:
Thomas Coen (Associate Publications Manager for Campus Progress) -- Thomas graduated in 2007 from Wesleyan University with a BA in Government and Economics and a Certificate in International Relations. While at Wesleyan, Thomas co-hosted a weekly political talk radio show, was a research assistant focusing on U.S. counterterrorism policy, and co-founded a publication, Incite Magazine, that combines news analysis and political commentary with action and activism. He has interned at People for the American Way and in the United States Senate.Bernhard Debatin teaches courses in online journalism, media ethics and theoretical/conceptual topics. Since Summer 2005, he has been serving as the Director of Studies in the Journalism HTC program. His research areas include new media and online journalism, media ethics, international media, mass media theory, theory of the public sphere, communication theory, and metaphor theory.Algis Mickunas is professor emeritus of philosophy at Ohio University and a preeminent American scholar of contemporary European philosophy, Marxism, hermeneutics, semiotics, phenomenology, and existentialism as well as theories of democracy and politics. He has published and/or presented hundreds of scholarly papers and articles at numerous conferences in America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, India, and the Middle East and authored more than a dozen books, including Technocracy vs Democracy. He founded or co-founded several scholarly bodies, including the International Circle of Husserl Scholars, the International Circle of Merleau-Ponty Scholars, The Current State of Marxian Theory, the International Gebser Society, and the Center for the Study of Globalization in Guatemala. Although Professor Mickunas has retired from teaching at Ohio University where he taught for 30 years, receiving several university professor awards and an outstanding graduate faculty award, he maintains an active schedule of lecturing in Europe and the Middle East and continues writing. His latest book is Democracy Today. His most recent honors include being appointed to the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and named the outstanding foreign contributor to humanities and social sciences in Luthuania.Tanya Paperny (Outreach and Organizing Associate Manager for Campus Progress) -- Tanya recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied Women’s Studies and History and was a leader in the Queer Student Union, Women’s Commission, and Solidarity Against War. She tends to think that mainstream media in this country is pretty screwy, so to try to change that, she’s interned at KCSB and WAMU-FM, and written, edited, and designed for UCSB’s DisOrientation Guide, HerStory Feminist Magazine, and The Bottom Line, an alternative student newspaper. She recently completed an internship at Women Work! and a cross-country road trip in an old-school car.Terry Smith has worked for 27 years in newspapers, including 21 years as editor of The Athens News. He's worked at small and mid-sized papers in Ohio (2), Arizona, Idaho, Colorado and West Virginia, both as an editor and a news reporter. He has been teaching courses (usually news-writing) at the Scripps School of Journalism on a contract/adjunct basis. He's also conducted workshops and seminars, and participated in panels at the annual Scripps High School Journalism Workshop at Ohio University. He has moderated and sat on panels at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklie' annual conference.Marshall Thompson is completing an MSJ from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. He served in Iraq as a military journalist. When he returned from Iraq he and his wife created the organization "A Soldier's Peace," and produced a documentary about his walk across the state of Utah to call for an end to the war.Chelsea Toy is a sophomore majoring in journalism and specializing in international studies at Ohio University. Born outside of Pittsburgh, PA, she grew up competing in professional rodeos as a barrel racer. She has traveled to Washington, DC, to report on the United for Peace and Justice march in January 2007, as well as to Selma, AL, to report on the 42nd Anniversary of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights’ march. Chelsea is also involved in organizing direct action campaigns for CODEPINK: Women for Peace in Athens, OH. Earlier this year, Chelsea interned in Cape Town, South Africa.co-sponsored by: Athens Free Press & Campus Progress
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