Jane Kirtley on the state of the media 2011 University of Minnesota media ethics and law professor Jane Kirtley reviews the biggest and most important developments in the media world, press freedom around the world, and she looks to the future.11:00 a.m.
Guests
Jane Kirtley: Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota. Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Affiliated faculty member, University of Minnesota Law School. Lawyer and former journalist. Executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1984-1999.
The Civil Rights movement in Mississippi American RadioWorks documentary, "State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement."
No state in the South was more resistant to the struggle for black equality, nor more violent. Hear the tactics whites used to battle integration, and the lasting impact of that battle in American politics today.12:00 p.m.