Journal-isms Roundtable, 2019

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The Journal-isms™ Roundtable is a dinner group of more than 50 current and former journalists, authors and editors that meets every month, usually on a Tuesday, and occasionally at Sunday brunch.

Since 1999, the group, led by Journal-isms™ founder and journalist Richard Prince and veteran journalists Paul Delaney, Betty Anne Williams and the late Walt Swanston-NuevaEspana, have hosted journalists, newsmakers and other personalities to have lively, informative, educational and sometimes provocative conversations over good food and drink.

Here’s a list of the speakers and events over the past years:

December 2019

Our 10th Annual Journal-isms Roundtable Holiday Party took place at the Newseum on Dec. 7 as Valerie Jarrett, right, was interviewed by April Ryan, left, and Lawrence Jackson, the only African American photographer in the Obama White House, shared some of his photos from that time, collected in his new book, “Yes We Did”. (Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

We held the party in the Newseum, with its stunning view of the U.S. Capitol, for the last time. The Newseum is moving to points unknown. Narrative: < bit.ly/2rCqorE > Janice Temple’s videos:
< https://www.periscope.tv/JaniceTemple/1RDxlNqzwODGL >, with breakouts of April Ryan’s interview of Valerie Jarrett at
< https://youtu.be/7ydacenAhjg >,<https://youtu.be/mrA_L0GnbrA> (part 2) and < https://youtu.be/ZMiFwgdPoW4 > (Part 3).

Don Baker’s video of April Ryan’s interview of Valerie Jarrett is at < https://vimeo.com/378618949/197e783690 >. (Credit: Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

November 2019

Four people from savejournalism.org discussed how Facebook, Google and other Big Tech companies are taking away journalism jobs. From left: Nick Charles, Laura Bassett and John Stanton, and Politico reporter Cristiano Lima. (Credit: Bonita Bing/ Tolbert & Bing Studios)

Narrative: < http://bit.ly/33fQsFz > Video: https://www.periscope.tv/JaniceTemple/1BdxYeWLeLBxX and https://www.periscope.tv/JaniceTemple/1vOxwaOQLQEGB .

October 2019

Derrick Johnson’s third appearance before the roundtable saw him confident in his role as president and CEO of the NAACP and eager to answer questions on a wide variety of topics, starting with the troubled condition of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization when he became president, and continuing with the negative ramifications for African Americans when they fail to vote in sufficient numbers. (Credit: Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

In addition, Sarah J. Glover, immediate past president of the National Association of Black Journalists, made a surprise presentation to Richard Prince. Narrative and photos: < http://bit.ly/2B8Uoww >Video at < https://www.pscp.tv/w/1mrGmrlAqdqJy >, the Our Voices Periscope Channel, and https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-political-power-naccp-president-derrick-johnson-temple on LinkedIn.

August 2019

Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden, author of “African Americas & Africa,” second from left, and our own journalists Maureen Bunyan, third from left, and Kenneth Walker, at right. (Credit: Bonita Bing/ Tolbert & Bing Studios)

The topic was relations between Africans and the African diaspora in the United States and Caribbean amid commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in the British Virginia colony. Film maker Zadi Zokou, whose “Black N Black” helped prompt the discussion, took questions from us via Skype.

Narrative and photos: < http://bit.ly/2koeq19 > (part 1) and < http://bit.ly/2lvPZz0 > (part 2). Video by Shevry Lassiter on Facebook Live: < http://bit.ly/2lyyNZC > .

June 2019

Robert A. “Tony” Dixon, president, Washington Metropolitan Chapter, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, right; Michael Perloff of the ACLU-D.C., co-author of the report “Racial Disparities in D.C. Policing: Descriptive Evidence from 2013–2017”; second from left; Howard Ross, partner, Udarta Consulting, expert on unconscious bias, left; and Ron Harris, journalist and co-author with Matthew Horace of “The Black and the Blue,” second from right. (Credit: Bonita Bing/ Tolbert & Bing Studios)

The topic was “Why are African Americans disproportionately arrested in D.C. and elsewhere, and does unconscious bias have anything to do with it?” Photos and narrative < http://bit.ly/2x9LEnB >

April 2019

Panelists were Laura Barron-Lopez and Nolan Mc Caskill, Politico reporters; Karen Finney, CNN commentator and former Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams campaign aide; Albert Morales, senior political director at Latino Decisions and Sudeep Reddy, Politico managing editor. (Credit: Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

Though the 2020 presidential election was 18 months away, we discussed racism, sexism and the proper use of such terms as “voter suppression” and “chain migration” in the coverage. Narrative: < http://bit.ly/2JzXgro > Video: < http://bit.ly/2DWXTYI >

March 2019