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The will host a two-day event focused on race and the media Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30. The symposium will include discussions of the ways our media and our country do鈥攁nd don鈥檛鈥攅xplore critical issues of race and diversity. Follow on Twitter at #raceandmediasu and #JournalismMatters.

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The event will kick off with a keynote address by on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Hinojosa is anchor and executive producer of 鈥淟atino USA,鈥� distributed by NPR, and the PBS show 鈥淎merica By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa.鈥� She is also founder of the Futuro Media Group, which explores the diversity of the American experience. Her talk is co-sponsored by the 黑料不打烊 student chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

On Thursday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, four featured speakers will give 10-minute, TED Talk-style remarks on topics relating to race and media. Speaking are:

• , race and ethnicity reporter for The Associated Press and author of 鈥淭he Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House鈥� (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016);
• , senior writer with The Undefeated and former Washington Post reporter covering race relations and national economics;
• , ABC anchor and reporter based in Washington, D.C.; and
• , social media director at Teen Vogue.

A meet-and-greet will follow in the I3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Christi MacClurg at 315.443.1010 or mcmacclu@syr.edu.