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Hurricane Katrina and the Media: Looking Back, Moving Forward

The following is an email that went out to the entire VCU community from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs:

To the VCU Community:

It took a hurricane - not since 9/11 has the national press beenforced to confront the issues of race and class in America and in so doing, redefined the country's political landscape. At our annual Living the Dream program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the VCU community has a unique opportunity to learn about the Katrina disaster from a panel of media professionals who will share their experiences in words, photographs and video. Their presentation will challenge us to consider how well prepared are we to take care of the most vulnerable citizens in our own community. Please join us for:
Hurricane Katrina and the Media: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Thursday, January 26, 2006
7:00 p.m.
W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts

Panelists:
Eva Russo, staff photographer, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aaron Gilchrist, co-anchor, NBC 12News Today
Gordon Hickey, special projects editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Will Sutton, visiting professor, Hampton University's Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications
Panel Moderator: Robert Holsworth, acting dean, College of Humanities and Sciences

This program is free and open to the public. Please plan to attend and encourage your colleagues, students, and friends in the community to join us.

Contrary to the beliefs of some friends who read this blog last week and have telephoned or emailed their comments, I am aware that poor people suffered and died, and I am aware that black people suffered and died. But they didn't suffer and die because they were poor, or because they were black - and these are the "reasons" the media kept giving for the death and destruction laid upon the residents of New Orleans. Kanye West was not openly ridiculed for his ridiculous comments. The Knight-Ridder findings have not overtaken the initial sensationalism as the way we think about Hurricane Katrina. In fact, I expect the words, photographs and video on the 26th to be more of the same. I am hoping to be wrong about that, but we shall see...