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Juan Gonzalez to speak at Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY

October 03, 2012 | Wednesday | 7:30 pm

Campus Center Emerson Suites

Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY ( see map )
Democracy Now!’s Juan González, columnist with the New York Daily News and discuss his book, “News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.” His lecture will explore the role of racial segregation in the history of U.S. media and how racism in mainstream media often prompted the birth of independent media outlets that challenged official narratives. A book signing will follow the discussion.

Juan González

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Juan González has been a professional journalist for more than 40 years and was a staff columnist at the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He is a two-time recipient of the George Polk Award for commentary (1998 and 2010) and was inducted into the Deadline Club’s New York Journalism Hall of Fame in 2015. A professor of Journalism and Media...