Greater Cleveland Roundtable Panel Discussion
"The Media, Race and Ethnicity"

The Panel of Speakers;

Front Row Sitting (left to right); Oscar H.Gandy, Jr., Ph.D. (Herbert I.Schiller Term Professor Annenberg School of Communication, Univ. of Pennsylvania), Sandy Scott (Assignment Editor, WKYC-TV3 and president, Cleveland chapter, National Association of Black Journalists), Angie Lau (Reporter WEWS Newschannel 5), John Lanear (Vice President/Advertising of Call & Post),

Back Row Standing (left to right); Fatina Salaheddine (Chief Executive Editor and Owner of the Al-Sahafa Newspaper), Cynthia Dettelbach (Executive Vice President and Editor of The Cleveland Jewish News), James Crutchfield ( Publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal), woman (?), Danny R. Williams (President and Chief Executive Officer of The Greater Cleveland Roundtable), Ted Gup (Panel Moderator, Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism, Case Western Reserve).

David Pignanelli (News/ Information Director for 90.3 WCPN), talks about the media's important role in addressing this community's diversity issues and concerns.

The Greater Cleveland Roundtable Panelists, adhering to the multitude of serious questions (from the 500+ member audience), concerning the News Media's impact on attitudes.

Doug Clifton (Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer), answers questions pertaining to tensions arising from racial, ethnic, religious and other issues within the diverse Cleveland community.

Fatina Salaheddine (Chief Executive Editor and Owner of the Al-Sahafa Newspaper), answers questions and discusses the large Middle Eastern Community present in Ohio.

Fatina Salaheddine (Chief Executive Editor and Owner of the Al-Sahafa Newspaper), answers questions and discusses the large Middle Eastern Community present in Ohio.

A live broadcast of "The Tavis Smiley Show" from NPR, on 90.3 WCPN ideastream and a panel discussion by C.E.O's, Editors, and Members of Local News Media Organizations.
(Tuesday June 10, 2003, Windows on the River, Cleveland Ohio).