Authentic Voice

Arlene Notoro Morgan is the associate dean of prizes and programs at Columbia University and the director of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's " Let's Do It Better! Workshop on Journalism, Race, and Ethnicity." Formerly, she was an assistant managing editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where she was honored with the first Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Diversity in 1995. Alice Irene Pifer is the director of professional education at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a former producer at ABC News.Keith Woods is the dean of faculty at the Poynter Institute and a former reporter, city editor, editorial writer, and columnist at The Times-Picayune.

• Foreword Preface Symbols Used in this BookPart I: The Search for Identity Chapter 1. - Story. Tug of War, by Allie Shah / Star Tribune (Minneapolis) - "Somali Girls Coming of Age are Caught in Cultural Tug of War" - The Making of Tug of War - A Primer on Somali Culture - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 2. - Stories: About Race Series, by Craig Franklin, Karyne Holmes, Pam Moore, and Pete Wilson / KRON-TV, San Francisco - "What is Race?" (Transcript) - "News and Race" (Transcript) - The Making of the About Race Series - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 3. - Story: Best of Friends, Worlds Apart, by Mirta Ojito / The New York Times - "Joel Ruiz is Black, Achmed Valdes is White. In America They Discovered it Matters." - The Making of Best Friends, Worlds Apart. - Discussion Ponts / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 4. - Story: The Family Secret, by Alice Irene Pfifer and Lynn Sher / ABC News 20/20 - "The Family Secret" (Transcript) - The Making of The Family Secret - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and WebsitesPart II: The Search For Equality Chapter 5. - Story: The Color Line and the Bus Line, by Ted Koppe, Eric Wray, and Tom Bettag / ABC News, Nightline - "The Color Line and the Bus Line" (Transcript) - The Making of The Color Line and the Bus Line - The Making of the America in Black and White Series - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 6. - Stories: Broken Trust Series, by Jodi Rave / Leee Enterprises Newspaper - "Land of Confusion" (and sidebar story) - "Who is going to pay?" (and sidebar stories) - The Making of the Broken Trust Series - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 7. - Story: Asian-American, by John Donvan / ABC News, Nightline - "Asian-American" (Trnascript) - The Making of Asian-American - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and WebsitesPart III: Telling the Untold Story Chapter 8. - Story: Torn from the Land Series, by Dolores Barclay, Todd Lewan, and Bruce DeSilva / Associated Press - "Torn from the Land" (and sidebar stories) - The Making of the Torn from the Land Series - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 9. - Story: Rim of the New World Series, by Ann Hull / The Washington Post - "Old South Goes with the Wind" - The Making of the Rim of the New World Series - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 10. - Story: The Death of LCpl Gutierrez, by Steve Glauber and Bob Simon / CBS News, 60v Minutes II - "The Death of LCpl Gutierrez" (Transcript) - The Making of The Death of LCpl Gutierrez - Tips from the Making of The Death of LCpl Gutierrez - Discussion Points / Suggested readings and WebsitesPart IV: Cultural Competence Chapter 11. - Stories: Diverse and Divided, and A Tale of Two Cultures, by Elizabeth Llorente / The Record of Bergen County, NJ - "Diverse and Divided: One City, Two Communities" - "A Tale of Two Cultures: Palisades Park Grapples with Change" - The Making of Diverse and Divided and A Tale of two Cultures - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 12. - Story: About Race Series: The Rape of Nanking, by Emerald Yeh / KRON-TV, San Francisco - "The Rape of Nanking" (Transcipt) - The Making of The Rape of Nanking - Discussion Points / Suggested Readings and Websites Chapter 13. - Story: The Other Pro Soccer, by Gabriel Escobar / The Washington Post - "IN Area's Latino Leagues, Part of the Game is Profit, and the Best Players are Paid" - The Making of The Other Pro Soccer - Discussion Points / Suggested readings and WebsiteContributors About the Editors Credits Index About the DVD

Compelling. No one should study journalism without reading (and viewing) The Authentic Voice... It should be on the required reading list. Quill & Scroll An important and highly useful addition to the collection of diversity related titles. -- Jack Breslin Journal of Mass Media Ethics