The Race Beat: History and Legacy - Oct. 14, 2010

The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Oct. 14, 2010, in Carroll Hall with acclaimed reporters and editors who covered the American civil rights movement.

"The Race Beat: History and Legacy" was part of the Nelson Benton Lecture Series at the school.

The event featured the co-authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Race Beat," Hank Klibanoff and Gene Roberts. Klibanoff, former managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and former deputy managing editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, moderated the panel. Roberts, former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and former managing editor of The New York Times, was a panelist.

The other panelists were Hodding Carter, UNC professor of public policy and former editor of the Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, Miss.); Joe Cumming, former Atlanta bureau chief for Newsweek; and Moses J. Newson, former executive editor of the Baltimore Afro-American and former reporter at the Tri-State Defender in Memphis, Tenn.

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