LSU Science Café: Free Minds, Free Speech

3353 Highland Road,Baton Rouge LA 70802

26 July, 2022

Description

How Black journalists have fought for equality here and abroad. Join us for a hybrid LSU Science Café with a faculty researcher. Black journalists and the Black press have played key roles in the struggle for racial equality throughout U.S. history. LSU Manship School of Mass Communication’s Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor Jinx Broussard shares the stories of the heroic men and women who put everything on the line to report and write about the authentic lives of African Americans at home and abroad. Broussard will talk about her award-winning research on Black foreign correspondents, who were reporting from the frontlines during World War II, Black women journalists from the 19th century and the importance of the Black press. About the SpeakerJinx Coleman Broussard is an award-winning full professor and scholar. She is the Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor and teaches public relations, strategic communication, media history and mass media theory. Broussard earned several prestigious awards in 2021, including the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award recognizing faculty members who have a sustained record of excellence in teaching, research, service or any combination of the three; the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations’ Bruce K. Berger Award and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication History Division’s Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award. In 2019, Broussard received the LSU Rainmaker Award in the category of Senior Scholar in Arts, Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences. Additionally, her research gained recognition when she received the 2019 Guido H. Stempel III Research Award from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. In 2018, Broussard was named the Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The national award recognizes excellence in innovative teaching, mentoring of students and faculty scholarship, and leadership in educational and industry activities. Broussard’s research interests include the Black press, representations of racial and ethnic minorities, media history, alternative media, crisis communication, public relations strategies and tactics, and the civil rights movement. She is author of the 2013 national award-winning book, “African American Foreign Correspondents: A History,” which followed “Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Four Pioneering Black Women Journalists.” Her most recent book, “Journalism and Public Relations in Times of Crisis: A Symbiotic Relationship,” draws from her work as a public relations practitioner and teacher. In the classroom, Broussard’s students have produced two first-place and one second-place national award-winning public relations campaigns since 2014. As a public relations professional, she was the director of public information for the city of New Orleans and, simultaneously, served as press secretary to Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy in New Orleans for almost eight years. LSU Science Café is presented in partnership with WRKF. Image Credit: Judith SedwickRegistration & Attendance InformationThe event is open to the public and advance registration through Eventbrite is recommended. If you are attending in-person, please print your registration ticket or have it available on your electronic device upon arrival. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM. If you are attending virtually, access to the live event will be available through Facebook Live. Your Eventbrite registration confirmation email will provide the information that you need, followed by reminder emails prior to the event. A Facebook account is not required to view the event live. Please check your "clutter" or "junk" box if you do not receive your email reminders. The event broadcast will be closed captioned, and a recording of the event will be made available on the LSU Research YouTube channel shortly after the event.