The Role of Black Journalists

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Title:
The Role of Black Journalists
Description:
In this clip Ron Hutson, Mel Miller, Barbara Barrow and Sarah Ann Shaw debate the role of black journalists as reporters, not activists. Overall the program is the second of two focusing on Black media and its function in the community. Host Barbara Barrow speaks with Ron Hutson (head of the Urban 'Team' at the Boston Globe), Mel Miller (publisher of the Bay State Banner), and Sarah-Ann Shaw (reporter for WBZ News and host of the television program Mzizi Roots) about how people get their news, differences between reading newspapers and watching the news on television, and what the media should be doing to serve an educational purpose. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with reporters Leah Fletcher, Eric Sampedro, Justina Chu, and WNAC TV arts critic Tanya Hart, "man on the street" interviews with Boston residents regarding the function of the media, and the "Third World Connection" (in which the blending of Spanish, Caucasian, and African ethnicities in Brazil and the West Indies is discussed). Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
Creator:
Cross, June
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Director:
White, Conrad
Creator:
Moore, Melvin
Contributor:
Cross, June
Researcher:
Valdes, Mario
Contributor:
Morton, Wil
Contributor:
Johnson, Nat
Contributor:
Johnson, Lenita
Reporter:
Fletcher, Leah
Contributor:
Handyside, Keith
Contributor:
DeVitt, Doug
Contributor:
Smith, Lee
Contributor:
Demers, Leo
Contributor:
Songai, Jahid
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Bordett, Bruce
Contributor:
Koppel, Tiit
Contributor:
Clarke, Brian
Contributor:
Holden, Dick
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Reporter:
Chu, Justina
Contributor:
Wareham, Skip
Contributor:
MacDonald, Greg
Host:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Reporter:
Hart, Tanya
Contributor:
Balhatchet, Tom
Contributor:
Sullivan, John L.
Contributor:
Horne, Danny
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Buccheri, Ron
Contributor:
Floyd, Mike
Reporter:
Sampedro, Eric
Researcher:
Yang, Eileen
Contributor:
MacKnight, John
Contributor:
Smith, Kathy
Contributor:
Fairweather, Bill
Contributor:
Marshall, Carolyn
Date:
February 18, 1977
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Miller, Mel
Reporters and reporting--Massachusetts
Boston Globe
Hutson, Ron
African Americans in television broadcasting
African American journalists
African Americans in mass media
African Americans in the newspaper industry
Bay State Banner
Shaw, Sarah-Ann
Harris, Hilda
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_23432C5AFCAD4091B0FD5F0D07562A13