Post by christy on Nov 30, 2004 8:46:18 GMT -5
DeWayne Wickham Moves Institute to N.C. A&T
DeWayne Wickham, USA Today columnist and a former president of the National
Association of Black Journalists, is moving his Institute for Advanced
Journalism Studies from Delaware State University to North Carolina A&T
State University in Greensboro, N.C.
Wickham, who is also executive editor of the news content on
BlackAmericaWeb.com, will become A&T's distinguished professor of journalism
and mass communications, Chancellor James C. Renick said in a news release
issued as university trustees met Nov. 17.
Wickham created the institute "to stem the loss of black journalists to the
profession by offering opportunities to enhance skills and involvements with
reporting not normally available in newsroom."
He led a delegation to Cuba under the Institute's banner, for example, and
undertook a project in which journalists examined African descendants in the
Americas.
Wickham is planning a symposium that focuses on black White House news
correspondents and continuing the Americas project, the news release said.
"The Institute will also put up a website early next year," Wickham told
Journal-isms. "It will contain our publications and information about two
new programs we are launching: (1) Center for Pan African Journalism (a
semester-long fellowship for black journalists from U.S. and abroad), and
(2) Racial Justice Project (which will research and report on racial
injustices that are largely unreported or underreported by media
organizations)."
Wickham declined to disclose the Institute's sources of funding, citing the
competitive nature of the fund-raising business.
DeWayne Wickham, USA Today columnist and a former president of the National
Association of Black Journalists, is moving his Institute for Advanced
Journalism Studies from Delaware State University to North Carolina A&T
State University in Greensboro, N.C.
Wickham, who is also executive editor of the news content on
BlackAmericaWeb.com, will become A&T's distinguished professor of journalism
and mass communications, Chancellor James C. Renick said in a news release
issued as university trustees met Nov. 17.
Wickham created the institute "to stem the loss of black journalists to the
profession by offering opportunities to enhance skills and involvements with
reporting not normally available in newsroom."
He led a delegation to Cuba under the Institute's banner, for example, and
undertook a project in which journalists examined African descendants in the
Americas.
Wickham is planning a symposium that focuses on black White House news
correspondents and continuing the Americas project, the news release said.
"The Institute will also put up a website early next year," Wickham told
Journal-isms. "It will contain our publications and information about two
new programs we are launching: (1) Center for Pan African Journalism (a
semester-long fellowship for black journalists from U.S. and abroad), and
(2) Racial Justice Project (which will research and report on racial
injustices that are largely unreported or underreported by media
organizations)."
Wickham declined to disclose the Institute's sources of funding, citing the
competitive nature of the fund-raising business.
