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Gary Gilson engages journalists and news consumers in conversations
on ethics Newsworthy is a half-hour television program that explores the values of news decision-makers and of news consumers, usually in one-on-one interviews by Gary Gilson, the News Council’s executive director, whose work in the Twin Cities, New York and Los Angeles has earned five Emmy Awards. NEWSWORTHY TV BEGAN ITS 10TH SEASON- JUNE 2006 The News Council’s television interview series Newsworthy began its 10th season in June on Twin Cities Public Television’s Channel 17. The series, hosted by Gary Gilson, explores the values of news professionals who make decisions about how to cover news, and the values of savvy consumers of news. The 10 new programs in the series will also appear on cable systems around the state. The lineup includes conversations with the publisher of the Star Tribune, Keith Moyer; the new executive editor of the Pioneer Press, Thom Fladung; the prime movers in MPR’s Public Insight Journalism initiative, which enrolls members of the audience to lend their expertise to news stories; Katherine Kersten, the Star Tribune’s conservative columnist, whose work has provoked more response than anything in memory in that newspaper; and Tom Bartel, publisher of The Rake, the newest general interest magazine in this market. Other programs focus on coverage of minority groups, particularly the burgeoning Somali community, which some estimates put at 60,000. One guest is Ali Galaydh, former Somali prime minister now teaching at the Humphrey Institute. In his segment he comments on local news coverage of Somalis here, after first explaining the history of Somalia, why the immigrants came here and how their attitudes and activities reflect their political allegiances to conflicting movements back in Africa. In two segments Doug McGill, a blogger in Rochester, Minnesota who used to work for The New York Times and for Bloomberg News, discusses his highly unusual independent journalism. McGill has broken major international stories by cultivating immigrant sources in Minnesota, for example Somalis who have told him what is going on in Africa before major American publications have learned it for themselves. In another segment Mahmoud El-Kati, a historian specializing in the lives of black Americans, assesses news coverage of black communities. He has taught at Macalester and is a highly respected bridge builder in race relations. We welcome your suggestions for topics and guests for Newsworthy. As we develop more financial support for more production, we will expand the program schedule. Our ideal would be to broadcast live, with audience questions directed to the guests by phone. Newsworthy is underwritten by Don and Carole Larson, former publishers of suburban newspapers (Carole once served as News Council president), by TCF Bank, and by the Gannett Foundation and KARE 11-TV. Duplication services for statewide distribution are provided courtesy of GreaTapes. |
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