Yes, there will be chat and interactive opportunities within the tiles, during sessions and throughout the event. There will also be breakout spaces.
2021 NABJ Media Institute on Education & Health. Inspired Learning:
Saturday, April 24, 2021
What is this virtual event about?
The Institute is the only conference of its kind that focuses on education and health disparities in communities of color, while providing print, broadcast and digital journalists and students, as well as educators and communicators, with tools to effectively report or spread awareness about the impact of these issues. Attendees will also leave with useful resources for the ever-changing media landscape that are necessary to inform and empower readers and viewers to action in a digital world. Mental health, balancing life issues, financial literacy, and career advancement are also on this year’s agenda!
Sessions and Speakers
Welcome Remarks
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April 24, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (ET)
Professor and Director of MS Journalism
Influencers, Technology and Your Online Presence
Newsrooms have plenty of policies to prevent their employees from seeming partial online. During this session, we will talk about how you can maintain your personality, host rooms on Clubhouse and stay updated with the newest tips and tools for influencing.
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Dr. Lisa Pecot-Hébert
Moderator
Professor and Director of MS Journalism
University of Southern California
April 24, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (ET)
Reporter, Bloomberg Radio; Correspondent, Bloomberg Quicktake; Host, Bloomberg's #YourMoneyStory
Host, FANTI and Founder, troublemaking llc
Cinematographer and Federal Aviation Administration-licensed Drone Pilot
Time Is Money: The Art of the Side Hustle
In today’s quickly evolving journalism industry, many professionals look to side gigs to supplement their income, expand their job skills and network, or just explore their dreams. In this session, panelists will talk about their paths to side gigs, give tips on managing time and alternative business pursuits, discuss weighing the pros and cons of having multiple professional roles, etc.
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Renita Young
Moderator
Reporter, Bloomberg Radio; Correspondent, Bloomberg Quicktake; Host, Bloomberg's #YourMoneyStory
Bloomberg Radio
Jarrett Hill
Panelist
Host, FANTI and Founder, troublemaking llc
FANTI and troublemaking llc
Carmaine Means
Panelist
Cinematographer and Federal Aviation Administration-licensed Drone Pilot
Warner Media Chicago Bureau
Jesse Washington
Panelist
Journalist, ESPN's The Undefeated and Co-author of "I Came as a Shadow"
April 24, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (ET)
National Director of Community Engagement & Communications
Professor/Director of Center for Health Equity
Racism is a Public Health Issue | Powered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC)
Dr. Georges Benjamin, head of the American Public Health Association, stated “We do know that health inequities at their very core are due to racism. There’s no doubt about that.” More recently, research has shown that racial health disparities don’t just affect poor African Americans, but they also cross class lines. The bleak statistics have helped convince more than 20 cities and counties and at least three states, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, to declare racism a public health crisis. Racism hurts the health of our nation by preventing some people from the opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Racism is a driving force of the social determinants of health (housing, education and employment) and is a barrier to health equity. Join experts as they tackle this overarching issue which is impacting minority populations disproportionately.
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Imara Canady
Introduction
National Director of Community Engagement & Communications
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Dr. Paula Braveman
Panelist
Professor/Director of Center for Health Equity
University of California
April 24, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (ET)
Struggling to Keep Up: The Impact of COVID-19 and Distance Learning
How COVID-19 and distance learning has set back Black students already struggling to catch up and disrupted the development of communications students hoping for internships.
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April 24, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (ET)
Soft Targets: The New Age of Domestic Terrorism
The new age of domestic terrorism has revealed a new source for those looking to gain attention, journalists. This group includes experts who have been monitoring the threat for years and an NABJ member targeted by an extremist group in an FBI sting. We include information on how to best protect yourself in the field.
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April 24, 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. (ET)
NABJ Academic Representative, Adjunct Professor
Engagement Matters: Newsroom, Classroom and Boardroom
We look at the best strategies for teachers, journalists and professionals to stay engaging. How can you tell your story/teach/learn in a way that keeps your audience engaged?
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MODERATOR
Jarrad HendersonPanelist
NABJ Academic Representative, Adjunct Professor
Georgetown University
April 24, 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. (ET)
Assistant Professor in Race, Media and Communication
Assistant Managing Editor, Professor
Teaching Race and Journalism
How are we equipping the next generation of students for the challenges of reporting while Black?
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Dr. Sherri Williams
Panelist
Assistant Professor in Race, Media and Communication
American University
Angel Jennings
Panelist
Assistant Managing Editor, Professor
Culture and Talent LA Times, University of California Berkeley
April 24, 12:15 P.M. -1:15 P.M. (ET)
Addressing the HIV Epidemic in the Media | Powered by ViiV Healthcare
Forty years into the HIV epidemic, it’s an uncomfortable truth that diagnosis rates continue to surge in the US, particularly among communities of color and in the South. Social determinants that disproportionately affect these communities introduce barriers to care that put people at higher risk. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the healthcare system have exacerbated disparities making it even harder for communities of color to access prevention services and treatment. This panel will focus on actionable ways to support communities of color in seeking and staying engaged in HIV care through education, amplification and authentic representation.
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April 24, 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. (ET)
COVID-19 Behind the Scenes
A conversation on journalists fighting COVID-19 and the impacts of the pandemic on themselves and their families while reporting. We will also discuss how the virus has permanently changed news coverage and its continuing impact on everyone.
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April 24, 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. (ET)
Firm Up Your Financial Footing | Powered by Wells Fargo
Don’t let the money missteps from your past hold you back from your financial future. Wells Fargo leaders will discuss how to face those missteps head-on, arming you with budget, savings, and investment strategies that can help you get back on solid ground.
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April 24, 2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. (ET)
Resilience and Antifragility
Across the board, our students and our faculty are dealing with the effects of COVID-19. How are students coping with our current realities and what resources exist to support our faculty and students?
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April 24, 2:45 P.M. - 3:45 PM (ET)
Journalism Student and Chapter President
Mentoring Madness: Building Better Relationships
How can you build successful mentor relationships in 2021? What works? What DOES NOT work? Join students and professionals as they play through scenarios for building better mentor/mentee relationships.
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Jessica Baskerville
Panelist
Journalism Student and Chapter President
George Washington University
April 24, 2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. (ET)
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Applying for Fellowships and Grants
What should I include in my personal statement? What is a statement of work? Where can I find opportunities for grants and fellowships? This panel discusses the various opportunities that grants and fellowships provide and how to prepare for them.
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Jennifer A. Coke
Moderator
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Bowie State University
Akilah Johnson
Panelist
Staff Writer, The Washington Post, Former John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University
Chastity Pratt
Panelist
Education Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal, Former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
April 24, 2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. (ET)
Founder and President
Vice President Health System Equity
Black Americans and COVID-19: How Structural Racism Got Us Here and What We Can Do | Powered by The Commonwealth Fund
Black Americans have gotten sick and died from COVID-19 at alarmingly and disproportionately high rates: for every one white person who has died, three Black people have died. As the vaccines have rolled out, Black Americans have once again been left behind — with more white Americans getting shots, and sooner. None of this is an accident. Hear from leading Black physicians and health system leaders as they describe the role of structural racism in Black people’s health, how we can address it head-on, and how we might end these disparities.
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MODERATOR
Yanick Rice LambModerator
Professor of journalism, Howard University, Department of Media, Journalism and Film and Co-founder, FierceforBlackWomen.com
Dr. Joia A. Crear-Perry
Panelist
Founder and President
The National Birth Equity Collaborative
PANELIST
Dr. Laurie ZephyrinPanelist
Vice President Health System Equity
The Commonwealth Fund
April 24, 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (ET)
Reclaiming Your Time: Coping With the Mental Stress of Journalism
You have the floor. This is an open forum for the panelists to hear your voices. Talk to us about microaggressions in the newsroom or even nasty tweets, posts and confrontations that developed when stories became issues of race. Our panelists yield the floor to you, then help you define the issues and solutions to cope and reclaim your time.
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April 24, 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (ET)
Artificial Intelligence and XR (Extended Reality)
How does artificial intelligence continue to change the work that we do and what our students will do? How do we work with A.I.?How does artificial intelligence continue to change the work that we do and what our students will do? How do we work with A.I.?
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April 24, 5:15 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. (ET)
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor, Journalism and Professional Writing
Within the Veil: Roundtable of Black Perspectives
We take a look at Pamela Newkirk’s book 20-years later, “Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media.” The book won the National Press Club Prize for Media Criticism.
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Dr. Miya Williams Fayne
Panelist
Assistant Professor
College of Communications, California State Fullerton
Dr. Libby Lewis
Panelist
Associate Professor, Journalism and Professional Writing
California State - LA
Our Sponsors
FAQ
Attendees can select any session to attend on both the health and education tracks. Some sessions will be concurrent. There will be some live and some on-demand activities. Attendees will be able to watch any live sessions they miss on-demand 24 hours after the event. NABJ will notify attendees of the last date for viewing.
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