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News and Inclusion – Journalism and the Politics of Diversity

Stanford University
Carlos Kelly McClatchy Memorial Symposium

March 4, 2010, 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
Stanford University, Schwab Center (Map), Vidalakis Room

News and Inclusion: Journalism and the Politics of Diversity will focus on the role of journalism in multicultural societies. Scholars from Singapore, Finland, Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, England, and the United States, will examine, in the context of journalism, the question posed by political theorist Iris Marion Young: "What are the norms and conditions of democratic communication under circumstances of structural inequality and cultural difference?

Panelists

Biographies                 Abstracts                

Isabel Awad
Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Rodney Benson
What is news diversity and how do we get it? Lessons from comparing French and American immigration coverage
New York University
United States

Mercedes L. de Uriarte
Addressing the fractured press
University of Texas at Austin
United States

Cherian George
The liberal model as a tool of authoritarianism: the case of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Theodore L. Glasser
Stanford University
United States

Karina Horsti
Cultural diversity media policies in European public service broadcasting
University of Helsinki
Finland

Andrew Jakubowicz
Diversity and News in Australia
University of Technology Sydney
Australia

Minelle Mahtani
Diversity Audits & Diversity Fatigue: The Politics of Diversity Initiatives in Canadian Newsrooms
University of Toronto
Canada

Karen Ross
Beyond the Color Line: Journalism, Diversity and the Tolerance of Difference
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom

Hemant Shah
Toward More Inclusive News: Strengthening Minority Media, Transforming Journalistic Practice
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States

Linda Steiner
Citizens’ mediation of status politics: Implications for diversity
University of Maryland
United States

Clint C. Wilson II
Post-Kerner Newsroom Diversity: An Illusion of Inclusion
Howard University
United States

Sponsors

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Lodging

The Cardinal Hotel in downtown Palo Alto is offering special rates for symposium participants.