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SJGC Dean Mira Lowe and several students were invited to Washington, D.C. to attend the launch of the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University in November 2022. During the launch, known as the “Democracy Summit”, journalists, educators, students, media-industry leaders attended networked and attended sessions about media’s role in democracy, propaganda, the Black press, and more.
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SJGC students Jaela Davis, Adrian Murray, and Tiffany DeLong were selected by Associate Professor Dr. Bettye Grable to attend the launch.
The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University is the first-of-its-kind academic center committed to strengthening historically-informed, pro-democracy journalism. The Center is led by founder Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism.
For more information about the Center for Journalism & Democracy, please visit: https://cfjd.howard.edu/.