February 16, 2004
Reporter to Speak on Urban Journalism at Belmont
Urban affairs reporter Clyde Hughes of The Toledo Blade will speak at Belmont University on Wednesday, Feb. 18, on doing urban Journalism in the digital age, as part of the university's ongoing New Century Journalism Speakers Series. Hughes has worked as a staff writer and sports reporter at The Blade since November, 1989. He founded the Northwest Ohio Black Media Association in 1990. It is the local affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists.
In April, Hughes completed a fellowship at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., on reporting on race relations.
The event, presented by the Belmont University New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series, is free and open to the public and the news media. Journalists, educators and students are invited and encouraged to attend.
Hughes is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. in Room 103 of the Massey Business Center.
Belmont University's New Century Journalism program is designed to prepare students to work in newsrooms across broadcast, print and online media platforms.
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