[308] RACE AND GENDER, MEDIA AND POLITICS ON “MTSU ON THE RECORD”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 12, 2009EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

RACE AND GENDER, MEDIA AND POLITICS ON “MTSU ON THE RECORD” Electronic Media Communication Profs Examine Reporters’, Pundits’ Perspectives

(MURFREESBORO) – Will the election of the nation’s first African-American president and the emergence of women policymakers alter the way the news media cover race and gender issues? Drs. Jennifer Woodard and Clare Bratten of the MTSU Department of Electronic Media Communication will discuss this topic at 7 a.m. this Sunday, Feb. 15, on “MTSU on the Record,” on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
To hear last week’s program with Dr. John Vile, dean of the University Honors College, discussing books of his father’s proverbs and essays about James Madison, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html anytime and click on “February 8, 2009” at the top of the page. For more information about "MTSU on the Record," contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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