Veteran US journalist visiting New Zealand

Arlene Morgan is visiting New Zealand to talk about reporting race and ethnicity. She was the keynote speaker at the Reporting Diversity Forum held in Wellington on Tuesday May 15. The forum was organized by the NZ Journalism Training Organisation and the Human Rights Commission.

Arlene is a former veteran journalist from the Philadelphia Enquirer and is currently the director of the Columbia School of Journalism's "Let's Do It Better! Workshop on Journalism, Race, and Ethnicity".

You can hear Arlene this Sunday May 20 on Radio New Zealand National at 9.30am on Sundays with Chris Laidlaw.

Her journalism workshops are designed to foster "coherent, complete and courageous coverage of race and ethnicity in America". For further information go to: http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/race/

Following her presentation to the Reporting Diversity forum, Arlene Morgan is currently on a tour of six journalism schools around New Zealand, which will include attending the annual AUT University journalism noho marae at Hoani Waititi, West Auckland, on May 24-25.

You can also attend her public lecture: "The Authentic Voice: Reporting on Minorities in the Community " on Friday, 4.30pm, 25 May 2007, WE230 Lecture Theatre, AUT University.

Arlene Morgan's visit is sponsored by the NZ Journalists Training Organisation and the Asia New Zealand Foundation. For more information or to interview Arlene Morgan, contact Jim Tucker at the NZJTO on 021 757 863.

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