Media Summit In Phoenix Today: Prevalent + Emerging Issues in The Four Corners

PHOENIX – UNITY: Journalists for Diversity in partnership with the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) is presenting today 29 April an exciting media summit in Phoenix at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on April 29.
Join UNITY for an exciting two days in one of the country’s most diverse cities!
ABOUT UNITY > UNITY Journalists for Diversity is a strategic alliance that:
Advocates fair and accurate coverage about diversity — especially race, nationality, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation.
Aggressively challenges that industry to staff its organizations at all levels to reflect the country’s diversity.
The UNITY board is made up of representatives from the Asian American Journalists Association, the Native American Journalists Association, and NLGJA: The Association of LGBT Journalists.
The regional event titled “Stories from the Four Corners: Empowering the Southwestern Perspective” on April 29, 2016, will bring journalists from around the country to Arizona State University for an event centered on prevalent and emerging issues within the Southwest.
Workshops will include education, immigration, law enforcement, public records, community outreach and entrepreneurial journalism.
Scheduled speakers include
Fernanda Santos, Phoenix correspondent from The New York Times
Felicia Fonseca, Flagstaff correspondent from The Associated Press
Nigel Duara, Tucson correspondent from The Los Angeles Time;
Astrid Galvan, Tucson correspondent from The Associated Press
Cynthia Zwick, AZ Community Action Association
Alia Beard Rau, Arizona Republic
Hector Rodriguez from Rio Bravo Comics.