Journalists speak about media coverage of minorities and minority issues, as well as minority representation on television, radio and print media. Among the topics they address are race and gender issues in American society, fairness and accountability standards for journalists, violence in the media, and the recent controversy that led to the firing of television and radio personality Don Imus for inappropriate remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Reverend Al Sharpton moderates the panel discussion and questions from the audience.
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Dominic Carter
Dominic Carter is the Anchor of NY1's long-running news and commentary program focused on New York City politics, Inside City Hall. He has been a reporter and anchor for the network since its inception in 1992.
Rita Cosby
Rita Cosby is a former cable TV news personality, mostly recently working at MSNBC. She is the recipient of three Emmy awards for investigative reporting.
Austin Fenner
Austin Fenner is a Staff Writer for The New York Daily News.
Charles Joseph Scarborough
Former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough hosts Scarborough Country, a nightly newscast on MSNBC. He also provides on air political commentary for the network, as well as CNBC and NBC's Today Show.
Scarborough was first elected to the US Congress in 1994, becoming the first Republican elected in Florida's First District since 1872. He was re-elected three more times, in landslide victories.
Reverend Al Sharpton
Reverend Al Sharpton is one of the nation's most-renowned civil rights leaders and the founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), a not-for-profit civil rights organization based in Harlem, New York. Rev. Sharpton’s strong commitment to equality and progressive politics has had an irrefutable impact on national politics, as evidenced by his noteworthy presidential run as a U.S. Democratic candidate in 2004 and his compelling speech at the Democratic National Convention. Throughout his career he has challenged the American political establishment to include all people in the dialogue regardless of race, gender, class or beliefs. He is a nationally-syndicated radio host, T.V. personality, and columnist. He has three popular radio shows broadcast throughout the country, a regular television show featured on TV One, and a column that appears in national newspapers across the country. Rev. Sharpton says his religious convictions are the basis for his life and he preaches throughout the country most Sundays.
Brian Williams
Brian Williams is the managing editor of NBC Nightly News. Williams replaced former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw on December 2, 2004. Previously, Williams was the network's chief correspondent at the White House and host of The News with Brian Williams.