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Gavin, Paula - President
TO RECOGNIZE ANGELA. SHE IS GOING TO DO THE HONORS. [APPLAUSE] AND SHE IS GOING TO DO THE HONORS OF INTRODUCING THIS FABULOUS GROUP OF SPEAKERS AND PANEL....
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| 00:01:26 |
Perry, Angela - Director
BENJAMIN JEALOUS AND WITH CORY BOOKER THIS MORNING. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING TO YOU THE PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADERS OF MEDIA. I KNOW IT IS...
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| 00:06:07 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
MEDIA, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY DIRECTIONS THAT WE COULD GO IN. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO CREATE A FOCUSED DIALOGUE, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO TARGET,...
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| 00:15:58 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
WHAT WE SEE IN THIS ROOM HERE -- ABOUT 80% TO 85% OF YOU ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS. SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING IS INTERNET-BASED. WITHOUT THE INTERNET...
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| 00:25:47 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
BOOKER, JEFF JOHNSON, VICKY. I WANT TO THANK PAUL AND ANGELA FOR HAVING ME. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF THIS LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST IN MEDIA,...
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| 00:36:07 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
TALKED ABOUT, AMONG THE MULTIPLE MEDIUMS -- MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT AIR AMERICA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS TO IT WHILE I DON'T PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT WAS THE...
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| 00:42:35 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
IN THIS CLOUD THAT WE ARE SEEING THIS POPULATION MAKING USE OF THIS ALTERNATIVE MEDIUM. A 10 BE USED AS A BRIDGE. -- IT CAN BE USED AS A BRIDGE. BUT...
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| 00:44:01 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
LAPTOP, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MASTERED THE ABILITY OF TYPING BY SOME, AS OPPOSED TO HIM -- TYPING BY THUMB AS OPPOSED TO HAND. ARE WE -- SHOULD WE BE SPENDING...
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| 00:45:12 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
ARE USING THIS ON YOUR PHONE, AND THIS CAN SYNC TO YOUR LAPTOP. RIGHT NOW IT IS CELL PHONES. WHO KNOWS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE? IT IS A MATTER OF THE...
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| 00:46:04 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
CAN AFFORD THEM, WHO ARE WE THEN ENGAGING ON THE POLICY SIDE OR THE FOR-PROFITS I CITED TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS AT A LOW-COST POINT, TO GET PLACES WHERE...
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| 00:46:52 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
THE FIRST VERSION. EVERYTHING WILL BE AS BIG AS THIS FOLDER. SOME OF THESE THINGS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING...
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| 00:50:04 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
THAT IN MANY CASES DON'T KNOW WHAT INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS, LET ALONE HOW TO CREATE IT. IN LIEU OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO...
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| 00:51:14 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
THAT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO MOST AFRICAN-AMERICANS UNDER 50. THE HONOR -- THE DATE ON OR ROSA PARKS, BUT IT WILL NOT -- THEY HONOR ROSA PARKS, BUT...
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| 00:52:20 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
ON OUR POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND PREFERENCES. IN 2000, -- THE ONE I KNOW BEST -- WE STARTED SEEING THIS EXPLOSION OF LATINO-TARGETED
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| 00:52:35 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
CAMPAIGN ADS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW THE BIGGEST MINORITY GROUP AND A SWING VOTE AND KARL ROVE JUST ZEROED IN ON THE LATINOS. WE STARTED LOOKING AT THESE...
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| 00:54:36 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
HAPPENED WITH HAITI, AND THAT IS THAT FROM THE MEDIA PERSPECTIVE, THERE COMES THE GREAT WHITE HOPE WHO COVERS THE HUMANITY OF THE BLACK SAVAGES. AND...
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| 00:55:31 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WE HEARD WAS THERE IS NO SENIOR PERSON OF COLOR IN COMMUNICATION. BUT THE QUESTION I ASKED WAS WHO HAD BEEN PREPARED TO BE IN THAT...
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| 00:56:45 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
TRAJECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS PREPARING YOU TO BE AT THAT LEVEL OF PRIME TIME. WHERE ARE THOSE INSTITUTIONS? ARE THEY FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY?...
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| 00:57:27 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
CLARK. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA RAN, THERE WERE NONE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE SENATE, HERE ARE A FEW -- HARRY REID'S COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
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| 00:59:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOT TRAINED TO TALK TO THEM THE SAME WAY WE ARE BECAUSE THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF WHITE CORRESPONDENTS. THAT IS WHO WE...
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| 01:00:03 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
ASIAN FEMALES. LOWEST IS FOR A BLACK MALE WITH A MUSTACHE. THAT IS THE REALITY. FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, ALL MEDIA COMPANIES ARE
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| 01:00:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES -- OUR BUSINESSES. HAVING HAD A SEAT AT ONE OF THE LARGEST MEDIA COMPANIES, THE DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS BASED ON BUSINESS. I WILL...
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| 01:02:40 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE PIPELINE HAVE TO BEGIN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE DID THE MSN BTPS IN HOUSTON ON OBAMA IN 2010 -- FOR THE...
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| 01:05:09 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
TO ASK. >> JUST HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD -- YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD GRIND IT OUT FOR LITTLE OR NO MONEY. GET PEOPLE COFFEE, CARRY CABLES BACK AND FORTH...
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| 01:05:34 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THERE ARE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR DUES. THE PROBLEM IS FOR US, I HAD TO WORK EVERY SUMMER TO PAY FOR SCHOOL. I DIDN'T...
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| 01:06:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORK. WHY ARE YOU ASKING TO BE ON THE WHITE NETWORKS? I WAS JUST WONDERING. MAYBE IT'S A...
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| 01:07:32 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
TREATS B .E.T. IN PARTICULAR LIKE AN ABUSED CHILD. WE KNOW THAT THEY AIN'T NO GOOD, BUT WE KEEP HOPING THAT THEY'LL STOP BEATING US UP. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S...
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| 01:09:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT CNN AND OTHERS FOUND IN THE 1980'S WHEN THESE NETWORKS WERE CREATED FOR WHAT NOW
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| 01:10:05 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
SEEMS LIKE PENNIES. >> THE OTHER THING IS AMERICA IS A STEW, MORE THAN A MELTING POT. WE ALL FEEL DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS, BUT PEOPLE WATCH, EVEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS,...
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| 01:10:33 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
OF THINGS. IN A CRISIS, THE FIRST PLACE U- TURN IS ONE OF THOSE NEWS CHANNELS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PLACE THE COUNTRY GOES WANT TO GET NEWS. EVERYBODY...
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| 01:11:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AMERICAN AND HAITIAN-AMERICAN, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT MONICA IS SAYING. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HAITIANS SPEAK FOR HAITIANS AND HAITIAN AMERICANS SPEAK FOR...
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| 01:12:55 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
OR ETHNICITY, WHEN THOSE BOOKERS BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO CALL AND THEY TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A GARDENER. THEY'RE...
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| 01:14:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COULD YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR QUESTION >> HE IS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS. HE MADE SOME COMMENTS,...
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| 01:14:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NEWS AND THAT THEY ASK THIS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR TO DISMISS HIM. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS REFUSED TENURE. >> AND HE'S NOT THE LAST PERSON THAT...
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| 01:14:58 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
RIGHT WING CONGLOMERATE BEGAN TO COME DOWN ON HIM BECAUSE HE HAD A COP KILLER ON HIS PAGE. I'M CONFUSED AND MAYBE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS -- EVEN FROM A...
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| 01:17:05 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
OF ACTIVIST CREDENTIALS AND OWNING IT. IF YOU OWN IT, THEY CAN'T COME AND ATTACK YOU FOR IT. IT'S HAVING A LITTLE MORE FORETHOUGHT AND BEING STRATEGIC,...
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| 01:17:50 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
AND LEFT THAT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. PEOPLE THAT TYPICALLY IN THE BEING CONSERVATIVES ARE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT OF A VERY STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT AND THINK...
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| 01:19:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, WE GO BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WE WERE SCHOOLED. OUR HOW OUR PARENTS WERE SCHOOLED. IT'S AN ANTIQUATED IDEOLOGY....
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| 01:21:41 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
THE CNN -- MARIO ARMSTRONG FROM CNN WHO DOES ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND GADGETS. WE WERE AT A CONFERENCE AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT AN AMAZING PROGRAM...
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| 01:21:54 |
DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria - Professor
TO SPEARHEAD WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A GENERATION OF VIDEO GAMES AND VERY TECHNOLOGICALLY INTENSIVE SURROUNDINGS. SO WHAT HE DOES...
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| 01:23:39 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
THAT JUST AS MUCH CREDIBILITY WITH HIS STUDENTS. HE COULD SAY TO A KID IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE HAD TO DO BETTER ON THAT TEST AND...
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| 01:24:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YET BLACK SCHOOL AND A WHITE SCHOOL. AS A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSON, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE FROM BOTH SCHOOLS. BUT THE WAY THE BLACK STUDENTS...
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| 01:27:01 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS CONCERNED WITH. IT CONTINUES TO BE A FIGHT ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN AND NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. MANY OF US ARE AWARE...
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| 01:28:12 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GENERALISTS AND I THINK THE NEEDS GENERALISTS. THEY GO TO A LOT OF TRAINING, INCLUDING THE POYNTER
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| 01:28:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INSTITUTE, AND THEY CAN BE FOUND THROUGH NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS LIKE BLACK JOURNALISTS, NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS, IS THAT JOURNALISTS. THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 01:30:03 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
HOW'D WE MANIPULATE MEDIA TO GET OUT WHAT WE WANT TO GET OUT AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING IT TO USE US? >> I WILL GIVE THREE GENERAL POINTS FOR DEALING WITH...
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| 01:30:32 |
Simmons, Jamal - President
AIRPORT AND THEY WILL SAY I SAW YOU. AND I SAY WHAT DID YOU SEE AND THEY SAID UTILITY -- IS FEELING GOOD. SECOND, NEVER PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CAMERA....
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| 01:31:23 |
Johnson, Jeff - President
NOT ABOUT YOU. WHEN IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM, YOU HAVE ACCESS IN A WAY WHERE YOU ARE NOT ALWAYS BEGGING FOR SOMETHING, BUT YOU HAVE...
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| 01:32:10 |
Gavin, Paula - President
IT IS BOTH YOUR INTELLECT BUT ALSO YOUR PASSION FOR DOING THE RIGHT THINGS RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DURING THIS PERIOD WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.