Journal-isms is a news and commentary platform co-founded by veteran journalist Richard Prince whose work has focused extensively on diversity and representation in the news media. The Journal-isms Roundtable has, since 1999, hosted journalists, newsmakers and other personalities for informative and provocative conversations about journalism and the issues shaping the media landscape.
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Expect Monday’s August 24 Roundtable – 7 p.m. EST – to be a wide-ranging conversation examining the craft, challenges and rewards of music journalism. It will be available both in person in Washington, D.C., and via Zoom. The is bringing together an accomplished group of journalists, writers, photographers, editors and cultural historians to explore how music journalists discover stories, work with publicists and editors, reach readers and audiences, and identify the artists and cultural developments that might otherwise become “hidden gems.”
Among the Participants Scheduled to Take Part
• Miles Marshall Lewis, cultural historian, pop culture critic, essayist, literary editor, fiction writer and music journalist;
• Regina Jones, co-founder and publisher of Soul newspaper, the pioneering publication devoted to soul music;
• Bruce Talamon, acclaimed photographer whose career began with Soul and whose work has documented generations of R&B and popular music;
• Felix Contreras, co-creator and co-host of NPR’s Alt.Latino, which has explored Latin music and culture since 2010;
• Willard Jenkins, artistic director of the DC Jazz Festival and author of Ain’t But a Few of Us, examining the experiences of Black music writers;
• Leonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Miami Herald syndicated columnist, who began his career writing for Soul newspaper; and
• H. Zahra Caldwell, author and writer whose work has explored musicians, artists and cultural history.
• Natalie Hopkinson, Ph.D., foremost expert on D.C.’s “go-go music,” associate professor of media, democracy and society at American University; author of three books and hundreds of journalistic as well as academic peer-reviewed articles and book chapters about Black and Indigenous art, media, and knowledge systems. She served as chief curator of the Go-Go Museum & Cafe, whose Feb. 2025 grand opening in Anacostia culminated decades of her journalism, scholarship and advocacy. She also reported on go-go music as an arts and youth culture staff writer at the Washington Post.
RSVP: Interested participants should RSVP by contacting jroundtable5@gmail.com and specifying whether they plan to attend in person or via Zoom. Location and Zoom information will be provided following the RSVP.
For additional information, visit Journal-isms online. Also check Facebook.
Media Contact:
Journal-isms
jroundtable5@gmail.com
August 23
August 24, 7 p.m., Journal-isms Roundtable to Explore “What It’s Like to Be a Music Journalist”
Journal-isms is a news and commentary platform co-founded by veteran journalist Richard Prince whose work has focused extensively on diversity and representation in the news media. The Journal-isms Roundtable has, since 1999, hosted journalists, newsmakers and other personalities for informative and provocative conversations about journalism and the issues shaping the media landscape.
Picture of Richard Prince Courtesy of American University School of Communication and AALBC
Expect Monday’s August 24 Roundtable – 7 p.m. EST – to be a wide-ranging conversation examining the craft, challenges and rewards of music journalism. It will be available both in person in Washington, D.C., and via Zoom. The is bringing together an accomplished group of journalists, writers, photographers, editors and cultural historians to explore how music journalists discover stories, work with publicists and editors, reach readers and audiences, and identify the artists and cultural developments that might otherwise become “hidden gems.”
Among the Participants Scheduled to Take Part
• Miles Marshall Lewis, cultural historian, pop culture critic, essayist, literary editor, fiction writer and music journalist;
• Regina Jones, co-founder and publisher of Soul newspaper, the pioneering publication devoted to soul music;
• Bruce Talamon, acclaimed photographer whose career began with Soul and whose work has documented generations of R&B and popular music;
• Felix Contreras, co-creator and co-host of NPR’s Alt.Latino, which has explored Latin music and culture since 2010;
• Willard Jenkins, artistic director of the DC Jazz Festival and author of Ain’t But a Few of Us, examining the experiences of Black music writers;
• Leonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Miami Herald syndicated columnist, who began his career writing for Soul newspaper; and
• H. Zahra Caldwell, author and writer whose work has explored musicians, artists and cultural history.
• Natalie Hopkinson, Ph.D., foremost expert on D.C.’s “go-go music,” associate professor of media, democracy and society at American University; author of three books and hundreds of journalistic as well as academic peer-reviewed articles and book chapters about Black and Indigenous art, media, and knowledge systems. She served as chief curator of the Go-Go Museum & Cafe, whose Feb. 2025 grand opening in Anacostia culminated decades of her journalism, scholarship and advocacy. She also reported on go-go music as an arts and youth culture staff writer at the Washington Post.
RSVP: Interested participants should RSVP by contacting jroundtable5@gmail.com and specifying whether they plan to attend in person or via Zoom. Location and Zoom information will be provided following the RSVP.
For additional information, visit Journal-isms online. Also check Facebook.
Media Contact:
Journal-isms
jroundtable5@gmail.com
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