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Journalism Days
Symposium covers politics and media
By MIKE ALLEN
Staff Writer
The election year provided the
backdrop for Journalism Days, a sym
posium held Tuesday in Memorial Hall.
This year's theme, sponsored by the
UNC School of Journalism and the Jour
nalism Alumni and Friends Association,
was "The Mass Media and Politics."
The program, in its third year, featured
panel discussions.
School of Journalism Dean Richard R.
Cole said the program provided alumni
and students a chance to meet and discuss
journalism.
The program consisted of six sessions
on the relationship between politics and
mass media coverage.
The first session, "Being a Press
Spokesman for a Politician," discussed
responsibilities facing press spokesmen.
The discussion was moderated by Ferrel
Guillory, associate editor of The News
and Observer of Raleigh. Panelists in
Five journalists honored
By THOMAS PINKER I ON
Staff Writer
The N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame in
ducted five members in an awards
ceremony at the Carolina Inn Sunday
night. The new members are:
Burke Davis, an author of more than
40 books, mostly about the Civil War. A
Durham native and a graduate of the
UNC School of Journalism, Burke served
as editor of the Charlotte News and was a
reporter for the Greensboro Daily News.
"It's a great honor to be in this
distinguished company tonight," Davis
said.
Lassiter, who spent nearly 50 years
working in North Carolina newspaper
law. The Smithfield native writes a mon
thly column for the North Carolina Press
and is a Duke University Law School
graduate. "I am exceedingly proud of
this award. I have never been more
honored," he said.
The late Gerald W. Johnson, who
established the Thomasville Daxidsonian
in 1910 and began writing for the
Greensboro Daily News in 1913. Johnson
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cluded Stephanie Bass, communications
director of the Jim Hunt senatorial cam
paign; Jay Eaker, press secretary for At
torney General Rufus Edmisten; and
Mike Harrell, press secretary for Sen.
John East.
"Polls and Politics" was moderated by
journalism Professor Philip Meyer. The
panelists were Jane Delano Brown, direc
tor of the Center for Research in Jour
nalism and Mass rnmrniinitinn' Rob
Daves, senior research analyst Tor The
Charlotte Observer; and Warren Mitdf
sky, director of CBS News Elections.
The third discussion, "Covering North
Carolina Politics," was moderated by
Jim Shumaker, lecturer in journalism.
Ken Alien, chief qapital correspondent
for The Charlotte Observer, Mary Anne
Rhyne, Associated Press statehouse
reporter, and Gene Wang, United Press
International reporter, were the panelists.
Professor Don Shaw moderated the
fourth session, "Philosophy and Perspec
wrote on American politics and culture
and was a contributing editor for the New
Republic until his death in 1980. Accep
ting the award for Johnson was Vermont
Royster, Kenan professor emeritus of the
School of Journalism.
Sam Ragan, a Berea native, who was
executive editor of both the The News
and Observer in Raleigh and The Raleigh
Times in 1957. He and his wife bought
the Southern Pines weekly newspaper
The Pilot in 1968. "I still look upon jour
nalism as a calling," Ragan said. "I'm
very proud to be here tonight among
friends. . Thank you."
Eugene Roberts, executive editor of.
the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1972.
Under Roberts, the paper has received
Prizes in consecutive years. A UNC
graduate, Roberts worked for the News
and Observer in Raleigh and The New
York Times, before moving to
Philadelphia.
Journalism Dean Richard R. Cole
presided over the awards ceremony,
established in 1981 by the school to
recognize exceptional contributions by
those in mass communications associated
with North Carolina.
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tive: The Mass Media and Politics."
Panelists were David Hawpe, managing
editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal;
and David Weaver, professor of jour
nalism at Indiana University.
The fifth session dealt with "Can
didates' Images and Advertising." The
moderator was Mary Alice Sentman,
journalism instructor at UNC, and the
panelists were John Harden of John
Harden-Bob Page Communications;
William D. Carmichael III of Laurel Hill
Consultants, Inc.; andRegina Sherard,
journalism instructor at UNC.
The sixth session, "The Mass Media
and Politically Related Trials," was co
sponsored by the N.C. Academy of Trial
Lawyers and moderated by Rick Hunter,
a Raleigh attorney. The panelists included
Ned Cline, managing editor for the
Greensboro Daily News and Record;
Bryan Haislip of the Winston-Salem Sen
tinel; and Howard Twiggs, a Raleigh at
Forum on gifted students
By LORETTA GRANTHAM
Staff Writer
Approximately 26 percent of the
children in the Chapel Hill school
system are classified as "academically
gifted" (A.G.), Ginny D'Ercole, Co
Executive Director of the Orange
County Mental Health Association,
said. In most school systems, she said,
normally only 3 percent or so of the
students are considered A.G.
Perhaps the high percentage in
Chapel Hill is a result of the many
parents with college degrees, D'Ercole
said.
The association, along with Parents
for the Advancement of Gifted
Education (P.A.G.E.), will co
sponsor a panel discussion, "The
Special Needs of the Gifted Child,"
on Wednesday, April 18 in the Guy B.
Phillips Junior High School
Auditorium on Estes Drive, from
7:30-9 p.m.
How is a child classified as
"gifted"? According to D'Ercole, the
methods vary from town to town; in
Chapel Hill, the selection process
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begins in the third grade.
A student's test scores, IQ and
teacher recommendations are put into
a point system formula. Currently,
there have been developments in
recognizing children as not only
academically but also artistically or
musically gifted. This would open
special programs to a wider range of
students, D'Ercole said.
Panelists for Wednesday's discus
sion include Patricia Horton, Chapel
Hill School System resource teacher
for the academically gifted, Vincent
Maginn, clinical psychologist in
private practice, and Stephanie S.
Tolan, co-author of Guiding the
Gifted Child:
Horton will concentrate her presen
tation on the issues of self-concept
and motivation as they relate to gifted
children. Dr. Maginn will discuss the
personality functioning of the gifted
child and how it influences self
concept. Tolan will focus on the issues
involved in parenting gifted children,
including discipline, stress manage
ment, sibling relationships, and
depression.
Roberts and Sam Ragan discuss the
CGC election today
Elections for CGC District 14 (Gran
ville Towers) will be held today from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m. The voting site will be in
the lobby of the Granville cafeteria.
Students with a. valid I.D. may vote for
Alan Young, Scott Jones, Jimmy Greene,
Mark Mattox or Thad C. Johnson. -
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6:30 p.m. Delta Sigma Pi Executive Officer
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