Next week is
going to be a monumental week for college and high school journalism/photojournalism students throughout
the Buckeye State.
Two very respected and
influential speakers will grace our college campuses to talk about:
·
the powers of the photographic image
·
speech freedom “within the schoolhouse gate”
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Kennerly’s
lecture and slide show, entitled “Witness: the Power of the Photographic
Image,” will highlight his worldwide travels and famous shoots, including
Nixon’s farewell speech, Vietnam War combat coverage and RFK’s speech prior to
his assassination. He is a Canon Explorer of Light, and won the 1972 Pulitzer
for feature photography.
Owens Community
College photography students are encouraged to attend Kennerly’s free lecture. Owens Prof. Ruth
Foote is working on scheduling a bus to transport those interested in
attending. I will be on that bus!
The second
speaker is Mary Beth Tinker, known for her courageous victory in the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court Case Tinker
v. Des Moines Independent School District.
Tinker will speak
at the annual Ohio Student Media Assoc. workshops at Kent State University Oct.
1 as part of her national Tinker Tour.
More than 400 high
school students will get to hear Tinker revisit those years in the late 1960s,
when free speech in schools wasn’t protected by the highest court in the land.
Tinker was a young teenager then who refused
to remove a black armband that she wore in protest to the Vietnam War. She took her
school to court when they suspended her for her silent protest. Out of that
court case came these famous words:
Students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." - Justice Abe Fortas
Not only will I get to hear Tinker speak, I am one of the many workshop presenters. My topic will be Ethical Dilemmas In Photojournalism.
Is it next week yet?
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