Media Watch Committee Meeting 12/12

Note: The next Media Watch Committee meeting of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at The Philadelphia Tribune located at 520 S. 16th St. between Lombard and South streets. For more information please contact Johann Calhoun at (215) 292-8568 or calhoun.philly@gmail.com

Media Watch Committee Meeting 11/7

Note: The next Media Watch Committee meeting of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at The Philadelphia Tribune located at 520 S. 16th St. between Lombard and South streets. For more information please contact Johann Calhoun at (215) 292-8568 or calhoun.philly@gmail.com

PABJ Media Watch presents "Monitoring Hollywood" on April 23rd @ Temple Univ.'s Tuttleman Center

PABJ's Media Watch Committee
and the Temple Association of Black Journalists present:

Monitoring Hollywood

An interactive presentation and analysis on how Hollywood exploits African-Americans in film.

Moderated by Khalid Patterson and Fredrick Gooding Jr.
of The Minority Reporter.

Presentation is from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 23 on Temple University's main campus inside Auditorium 103 of the Tuttleman Center, 1210 W. Berks St. (Next to Paley Library).

The event is free and open to the general public. For more information and directions, contact Johann Calhoun at (215) 292-8568 or Brittany Diggs at (215) 847-3670 or e-mail at calhoun.philly@gmail.com or bdiggs@temple.edu

There will be a question and answer segment after the presentation. Refreshments will be served. Financial donations are welcomed!

Sponsored by Avenging The Ancestors Coalition (ATAC).

Parent firm of Jersey Journal warns it may close

The parent company of The Jersey Journal says the Hudson County daily newspaper may cease publication in April if revenue does not improve.

Executives of the Evening Journal Association told newspaper employees Monday that April 13 would be the final publication day if revenue is not enough to support the paper's reduced expense plans.

The company says it may also discontinue publication of its weekly newspapers serving Bayonne, West Hudson and Secaucus.

In a statement quoted on The Jersey Journal Web site, Publisher Kendrick Ross said he is optimistic that a plan can be developed to save the daily and some of the weeklies, while positioning the company for growth as the economy rebounds.

Company executives did not immediately return telephone messages Monday.

The company announced Friday that Feb. 26 will be the final edition of its free Spanish-language weekly, El Nuevo Hudson.

-The Associated Press