Educating the Next Generation of Journalists [Print This Page]
- Time: 9:00-10:15 a.m.
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
- Place: Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute
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Many factors, including economic, political and societal, play a role in how journalists are trained for their profession around the world. In this session, journalism and higher education administrators discuss the opportunities and challenges of teaching the next generation of global journalists.
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Moderator: Brady Deaton
Chancellor
University of Missouri
Chancellor Brady J. Deaton is a strong proponent of the University of Missouri's role on the global stage. Early in his career, Deaton served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nan, Thailand, where he taught vocational agriculture in the Thai language. While serving as MU's provost, he was instrumental as the sponsor of the Big 12 Provosts' delegation to the European Union. Deaton holds leadership roles in many university, community and national organizations, participates in advisory roles with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and maintains active membership in the American and International Agricultural Economics Associations. He has authored more than 100 articles, presentations and book chapters in his career in addition to co-authoring three books. Deaton has been the recipient of many honors, including serving as an invited lecturer at the Japan International Agricultural Council. He received the Malone Award from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges for furthering international education in public higher education.
Discussion Leaders:
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Jean-François Fogel
Journalist, Consultant, Writer
Paris, France
Jean-François Fogel is a journalist, consultant and writer. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Paris Pantheon, is a graduate in political science from Sciences Po and holds a degree from the Centre de Formation des Journalistes. Fogel began his career at Agence France-Presse and has worked for various publications, including Libération and Le Point. From 1994 to 2002, he was the adviser of Le Monde CEO and in charge of editorial development of the newspaper. Fogel is the co-author of Une Presse Sans Gutenberg (Grasset, 2005) with Bruno Patino, and he wrote several books about Latin America and literature. Fogel is a member of the executive committee of the Foundation for a New Journalism in Latin America founded by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Dean Mills
Professor and Dean
Missouri School of Journalism
Dean Mills is a professor and the dean of the Missouri School of Journalism. His research interests include international journalism, journalism ethics, cross-cultural journalism and qualitative methods. Mills is an author of a Ford Foundation study on race and the news and a book on cross-cultural journalism, Journalism Across Cultures, which he co-authored with Missouri School of Journalism colleagues Fritz Cropp and Cynthia Frisby. Mills began his academic career at the University of Illinois, where he completed a doctorate in communications in 1981. Before coming to Missouri in 1989, he served as director of Pennsylvania State University's School of Journalism and then as coordinator of graduate study in communications at California State University, Fullerton. Before entering academia, Mills worked as a professional journalist. He became Moscow bureau chief for the Baltimore Sun in 1969, after earning a master's degree in journalism at the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in Russian and journalism at the University of Iowa. From 1972 to 1975 he was a Sun correspondent in Washington, D.C., where he covered the Watergate scandal, the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision.
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María Teresa La Porte Fernández-Alfaro
Dean
University of Navarra School of Communication
Pamplona, Spain
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About the Futures Forum
Top journalists, advertisers and thought leaders will lead numerous interactive sessions during the Sept. 11 Futures Forum, a day of cutting-edge discussions about the next century of journalism. Ethics, convergence and politics are just a few of the many hot topics that will be explored in this diverse program dedicated to challenging industry thinking and visualizing possibilities for the future. Sessions will be 75 minutes long and held concurrently with others on the schedule. Full schedules will be available during on-site check in during the Sept. 10-12 celebration.
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