“IS THERE BLACKNESS IN MEDIA?”
A Black Community Media Conference
October 7-8, 1972 Oakland Technical High School
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
9-10
Registration
10-10:15
Welcoming Remarks
Sonny Buxton —Chairman
10:15-10:30
Unity Salute
10:30-11:30
Panel “Media — Where Are We?”
Sonny Buxton — moderator
Charles Hobson— Director of Communications Dept, Atlanta College Complex
Mal Johnson— Community Affairs Director, Cox Broadcasting
George Norford — Vice President, Group W Broadcasting
Chester Higgins — Administrative Asst, to Benjamin Hooks, F.C.C.
11:30-12:30
Panel —“Black Press Is It Or Ain’t It?”
Valerie Jo Bradley — moderator
Robert E. Johnson — Executive Editor Jet Magazine
Leon Forrest — Managing Editor Muhammad Speaks
Nathan Hare — Editor Black Scholar
Edith Austin — Editor Sun Reporter
12:30-1:00
Speech, Bobby Seale “Press Impact on the Black Panther Party”
1-2:15 LUNCH
2:15-2:45
Keynote Speech, Tony Brown — Dean of Howard University School
of Communications
2:45-3:45
Panel Advertising
Sylvia Rainey —moderator
Barbara Procter — Procter and Gardner Advertising
Raymond League — Zebra Advertising
J. Walter Carroll — KDIA
Norman Edelen — Wright-Edelen Advertising
Ella Lane — Lane & Associates
2:45-3:45
Workshop —Black Press
Tim Sowell, California Voice
Chester Higgins
Elaine Brown, The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service
3:45-4:15
Speech — Cable TV, Sonny Buxton
Ella Lane
4:15-6
Panel “Black Film Explosion”
Helen Merriouns — moderator
Cliff Roberts — KQED TEACH Director
Clarence Anderson — Film Instructor S.F. State University
Bill Moore — KTVU Cinematographer
Allen Willis — KQED Cinematographer
Jalil Al-Hakim — Producer, Director; Universal International
ADJOURN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
12-12:15
Reopen and Recap Saturday
12:15-12:45
Keynote Speech — Mal Johnson
12:45-1:45
Broadcast Panel
Pamela Watkins — moderator
Lou Freeman — News Director KDIA
Tony Brown
Gerri Lange — KBHK-TV
Belva Davis — KPIX-TV
George Norford
1:45-2:45
Workshop — Cinematography
2:15-3:15
Workshop Broadcast
Gerri Lange,
Lou Freeman
2:45-3:45
Workshop – Advertising
Includes Adv. Panel plus Rosana Wright, Wright-Edelen Advertising
3-4
Workshop – Black Women In Media
Mal Johnson, Ella Lane, Gerri Lange, Barbara Procter, Rosana Wright
4-5
“Where Do We Go From Here” Caucus position will be presented,
