Gena Asher | Nov. 1, 2007
The IU chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host a panel discussion on "Journalism and the Jena Six" Thursday, 7 p.m. in the Ernie Pyle Auditorium.
Chapter president Alberto Morales said tentative speakers include professors and students from the law and journalism schools and sociology department.
In September, 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Jena, La., to protest the treatment of six local black teens who had been accused of beating a white student. The “Jena Six” were charged second-degree murder and conspiracy. White students later hung nooses on high school property, according to reports, and one of the demonstrators’ demands was that those students should be charged with hate crimes.
Read more about the panel and about the SPJ chapter at its Web site.
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