South Asian Studies Program, Emory University and SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association present:
South Asians and the Media: A Town Hall for the Atlanta Community Saturday
Feb. 17, 2007, 11 am-1 pm

Join several prominent journalists from the mainstream and ethnic TV and print
publications for a discussion on how the media covers the South Asian community
and how the coverage can be improved.

Speakers include:
Rena Golden, head of CNN International
Hamid Khan, correspondent, Pakistan News
Ram Ramgopal, anchor for CNN-IBN, CNN’s India partner
Parthiv Parekh, editor, Khabar
Sheila Tefft, director of Emory’s Journalism Program
Moni Basu, staff reporter, Altanta Journal-Constitution (heading back to cover
Iraq the following week; has already been there twice).

Moderator: Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Journalism professor and SAJA co-founder

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, 11 am-1 pm
Carlos Museum of Emory University, Reception Hall, 3rd Floor
571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
PARKING: Available behind Carlos Museum; Dowman Visitors Parking lot;
Fishburne Visitors Parking lot. All accessible easily from Emory’s public
entrances. MAP: http://map.emory.edu

NO CHARGE - free and open to the public! No RSVP required.
If you have questions, contact Angie Brewer: angie.brewer@emory.edu

This event is aimed at non-journalists, so please pass onto anyone you know in
the Atlanta area. All are welcome.

Topics include:
- Current state of ethnic and mainstream press

- How South Asians in Atlanta are covered today - locally and nationally

- How South Asia is covered today - locally and nationally

- What the community can do to help journalists tell better stories

- How to get your news into the news