Thursday, June 23, 1977
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Journalist supports minority view
Journalism is one of many professions that fails to tap the talents of thousands of minorities trying to enter the field, Dexter D. Eure Sr., of the Boston Globe, said last month.
Eure, the Globe director of community relations, spoke to a group of students, faculty and community members in a program sponsored by the University of New York Press Journalism Workshop at St. Luke's A.M.E. Church at Ninth and New york streets.
He encouraged the group to make it known loud and clear that the industry remains cheated of great talents of people who are denied the opportunity to contribute.
"Many Americans, particularly black Americans—feat that they have been and are still being wronged by the press—that know their point of view known," he said.
"This is an abuse of press power."
Many audience members were participants in the workshop which has focused on journalism fundamentals. Eure advised journalists to be as possible about professional journalism.
"I would hope that you are here to deal
with the mission at hand—that of learning all you can about professional journalism—and how you best can attain sufficient knowledge in moving up in the world of journalism."
He said that in this way, their influence would make a mark from the minority
Eure explained that there was not a single black person heading a major metropolitan newspaper department in the country, but added that the lack of minorities in decision-making positions could represent a challenge.
For this reason, he told the students that they, as well as the newspaper industry, are the most important part of society.
He said that they must take full advantage of the challenge offered by the workshop and he stressed that theirAttendance matched with a total commitment to learn.
"Your time should be dominated by bombarding everyone with questions about what makes journalism tick. And, if necessary don't bit the blinkers until you see a premium "response about the inner-workings of the journalism profession," Eure said.
The Boston journalist explained the argument of many professionals who say that the minority students among the 64,000 college student students in Massachusetts, have higher standards of education.
He discounted the charges, however, as being patently false, and said they were not valid.
"to intelligently deal with social changes". Eure said, "the role that the media can perform means that publishers and editors have to continue their "catch-up" affirmative action programs by actively recruiting and training."
He admitted to recent social gains, such as this workshop and the increased number of minority scholarships. But he said that these only substantiate the criticisms that said minorities were absent from the professional mainstream to begin with.
Eure admonished the workshop participants to remember the reason for being at KU. Status as a minority, he said, has nothing to do with it.
"You are interns willing to seek the best education and training available that prepares you to compete as professional journalists, he said.
how racist our society may happen to be or how the segregationists are keeping us all 'deprived.'"
He told an audience of about 50, that the young journalists would have to fight for the right to present their beliefs and thoughts via the written word.
"we know the petty ways the press can oppress—the misleading or damaging headline, and the stunted way news comes to us," he said. The publisher's bias or anger," he said.
"It would be unconstructive to rap about
"You have to move in and influence the changes that will truly make the fourth estate and honorable and fourth member of society."
I-70 Collision
the members of the KU Urban Journalism Workshop try to help their injured friends after their van was struck by an oncoming Interstate 70.
Staff photo by MARIANNE MAURIN
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Media, he said, plays a large part in the communications negligence and abuse that deprives society from learning to become just society.
He cited the recent criticism by many leading newspapers and columnists of U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young's candor and that they were trying to get him fired.
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Eleven injured in I-70 collision
Leven people were injured Tuesday night when a driver driven by a KU graduate student and carrying eight members of the KU Urban Journalism Workshop collided with another vehicle on Interstate 70 just west of Kansas City. The person was spotted across the median and struck the van, Kansas Turnpike Authority spokesman said.
Eight high school students attending the workshop were riding in the van driven by Hasiba Ali, 34, a Lawrence graduate student.
The Highway Patrol said that the car, driven by Olver Petter T, 19, Topeka, went out of control on the rain-slick pavement and struck the van at about 6:20 p.m.
All was treated for head, chest and neck injuries at Providence Medical Center in Boston.
Petter was in serious condition at Bethany Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. A passenger in the car. Alex Davidkiff, a nurse in the hospital, Bethany with head, chest and leg injuries.
The students were returning from a tour of Kansas City when the accident occurred. Afterternoon thunderstorms had caused the slick road conditions. The cause of the accident has not been determined; no citations have been issued yet.
The students injured in the wreck were Vivien Spain, 16, Derby; Judith Howard, 17, East St. Louis, 11; Parrice Cates, 17, Kansas City, 15; Burcher, 17, Kansasville St., Sonia Nazario, 16, Leneca; Carolyn Jones, 15, Kansas City, Mo.; and Gerry Cain, 15, Washington, D.C.
Staff photo by MARIANNE MAURIN
Dexter D, Eure Sr., journalist, spoke to members of the KU Urban Journalism Workshop Wednesday night.
Local ham radio operators to compete in national test
Ham radio operators from the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club will compete this weekend with hundreds of North American stations to determine who can make the most radio contacts in a 27-hour period.
The competition, sponsored annually by the American Radio League, will be a test of the club's ability to set up an emergency station free of commercial power according to Rick Link, Lawrence junior, a club member.
Four emergency preparedness communications stations will be set up at two county locations - Wetlands, the Centennial Park, near Ninth and Iowa streets. The stations will be in operation on Monday Saturday to 10 a.m., and 45 to the club's 100 members will participate.
Although amateur radio operators can regularly make contacts around the world, their competition is not as high as with amateurs from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Link said.
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