VIDEO:  UNITY '08: Convergence of Colored Media Members
 
 
Chicago played host this past week to UNITY '08, a convention that challenges journalists, members of the media and news outlets to fairly cover minorities in the news and to accurately reflect the diversity of our country. Your Illinois street team reporter, Jacqueline Ingles, attended UNITY courtesty of the Knight Foundation at McCormick Place. To take a look at the 7,000 journalists who attended this event and to get the inside view via this audio slideshow.
by  Jingles  on Jul 27,2008
 
 
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Tags: MTV   Barack Obama   minority   Chicago   Illinois   Street Team '08   NABJ   Choose or Lose '08   prejudice   Jacqueline Ingles   McCormick Place   media outlets   NAAJ   NAHJ   UNITY '08
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David_Whiteside 472 days ago
thanks for providing these images and info Jackie. I heard about this through Liz, I'm sure it was a wonderful experience.
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