[Peace] Media conference

[Al Kagan]

Reporting Africa in the U.S Media

March 8, 2002
Room 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign


Friday, March 8
9:00 a.m.	Opening Ceremonies
Greetings from the Associate Provost Earl Kellogg, International 
Programs and Studies, University of Illinois

Welcome from:
	Professor Ezekiel Kalipeni, Acting Director Center for African Studies
Professor Paula Treichler, Head Institute of Communications Research
Professor, Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of the Illinois Initiative 
on Global Information and Communication Policy


9:30	Africa and the News Media
Chair, Professor Eyamba Bokamba, Department of Linguistics, UIUC

9:30 -10:00	Shaka Ssali, VOA Washington D.C, Host and Senior 
Editor, Straight Talk Africa

10:00 - 10:10			 Discussion

10:10-10:40	The Internet - Luxury or Lifeline for the African Media?
Akwe Amosu, Executive Editor/Producer, All Africa Global Media, 
allAfrica.Com, Washington, D.C.

10:40-10:50			Discussion

10:50 - 11:20	Why are Africans Treated Differently? The Poverty of 
American Reporting on Africa.
Mary F.E. Ebeling, Program of African Studies, Northwestern University

11:20-11:45			Discussion

11:45 - 1:00 p.m.		Lunch

1:00 p.m.			HIV/AIDS in Africa
Chair, Professor Ezekiel Kalipeni, Center for African Studies and 
Geography, UIUC

1:00 - 1:30	AIDS and the Arts in Africa
Louise Bourgault, Professor of Communication and Performance Studies, 
Northern Michigan University

1:30 - 1:40			Discussion

1:40-2:10	Breaking the Silence Ever so Slightly: U.S. Media 
Coverage of the 2000 Durban International AIDS Conference
Paula Treichler, Director and Research Professor, Institute of 
Communications Research, UIUC

2:10-2:20			Discussion

2:20 - 2:35			Tea/Coffee Break

2:35	Globalization and the Media Markets
Chair, Professor Leon Dash, Department of Journalism, UIUC

2:35 - 3:05	The Media and Foreign Affairs: A Comparative Content 
Analysis of the New York Times' Coverage of Zaire/Congo
Peter G. Mwesige, School of Journalism, Indiana University

3:05 - 3:15			Discussion

3:15 - 3:45	Africa and United Nations Information Policy
Mark Alleyne, Assistant Professor, Institute of Communications Research, UIUC

3:45 - 3:55			Discussion

3:55 - 4:25	Global Media and the Neoliberal Project
Robert W. McChesney, Professor, Institute of Communications Research, UIUC

4:25 - 4:35			Discussion

4:35 - 5:00	Roundtable Discussion: Africa in the Western Media: 
How Can the Continent Be Better Covered?

Shaka Ssali, Chair, VOA Washington D.C
Akwe Amosu, All Africa Global Media, allAfrica. Com,
Mary F.E. Ebeling, Northwestern University
Louise Bourgault, Northern Michigan University
Paula Treichler, University of Illinois
Peter G. Mwesige, Indiana University
Mark Alleyne, University of Illinois
Robert McChesney, University of Illinois

8:00	An Evening of Ghanaian Drumming, with Midawo Gideon Foli 
Alorwoyie, high priest of the Yewe Cult, Professor of Music, 
University of North Texas, Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. Nevada 
Street, Urbana. 
Free and open to public.
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
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