{"id":40057,"date":"2024-09-25T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=40057"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:02:57","slug":"com-hosts-its-third-annual-black-media-symposium","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-hosts-its-third-annual-black-media-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Hosts Its Third Annual Black Media Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"648\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Illustration of three women faces in rich shades of purple, orange, and yellow.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner-636x201.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner-1536x486.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2022\/09\/com-black-media-banner-1628x515.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM Hosts Its Third Annual Black Media Symposium\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/diversity\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiversity\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 25, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/karyna-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKaryna Cheung\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">COM Hosts Its Third Annual Black Media Symposium<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-hosts-its-third-annual-black-media-symposium\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>COM will host Black Media: Pioneers Then and Now, an all-day symposium celebrating \u201cBlack media professionals and their innovative and important work in the journalism, PR, marketing, advertising, and film industries,\u201d this Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Howard Thurman Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/combeyond.bu.edu\/offering\/black-media\/speakers\/\">This year\u2019s speakers<\/a> are some of the media landscape\u2019s most prominent Black experts in the field, along with younger professionals who can \u201cspeak to the experience of students,\u201d according to COM Meeting and Events Coordinator Sarah Kess.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact that we&#8217;ve been able to continue putting these events on speaks to their importance. There are not many other events that focus specifically on Black professionals across media disciplines, from journalism to film to advertising,\u201d said Kess. \u201cThis event hopefully shows students of color what is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/combeyond.bu.edu\/offering\/black-media\/schedule\/\">The schedule<\/a> for Black Media: Pioneers Then and Now features panels exploring the state of Black storytelling in film and TV, reporting on race, and advertising for Black-owned media companies, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the panelists is Dorothy Butler Gilliam, mother of BU President Melissa Gilliam. Dorothy Gilliam is well known as <em>The Washington Post<\/em>\u2019s first African American female journalist who began her journalism career in 1957, reporting on the Little Rock Nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees will hear from seasoned professionals like Jeffrey Bowman, Reframe CEO and former executive at Ogilvy and Mather, and Bernadette Morris, CEO of Black PR Wire and Sonshine Communications, a public relations, marketing and ad agency. 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