Posted on 02/12/2006 1:25:08 PM PST by VOA
A retired professor of the University of Missouri-Columbia School
of Journalism is helping train communicators for Al-Jazeera,...
snip
Roger Gafke, an MU professor emeritus, has conducted two
10-day workshops for Al-Jazeera, training supervisors of
its satellite television news and sports channels as well as its Web site.
(snip)
The potential for controversy over a relationship with Al-Jazeera
is not lost on officials at the journalism school. They haven’t
forgotten state lawmakers’ criticism in 2001 when KOMU-TV wouldn’t
allow broadcast reporters to wear American flag lapel pins.
(snip)
Gafke conducted workshops in November and last month. He and
Scott participated in a three-day international conference on
the media and democracy that ended Feb. 2.
"I went because this was a good opportunity to find out more about
Arab journalism," Scott said in an e-mail last week from Moscow.
He said his attendance at the conference was covered by
independent funding through the school’s International Programs office.
Esther Thorson, an associate dean, sent e-mails to the school’s faculty
last October exploring the possibility of collaborating with
Al-Jazeera. She said she had provided an overview of the J-school’s
research capabilities to the director of Al-Jazeera.
(Excerpt) Read more at showmenews.com ...
pardon the ping...this might be of interest
Wow, a typical ultra-liberal US J-School helping the sworn enemies of America. Who would have thought this possible?
The cognitive dissonance in liberals supporting their allies-of-convenience, the ferociously anti-free speech IslamoNazis, is breathtaking.
pardon the ping...might be of interest
bump for publicity
pardon the ping...might be of interest
bump for publicity
I read that. Hard to imagine. Thanks for the ping-it is of interest for sure.
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