Celebration of Black Writing Festival starts tonight
This year's Celebration of Black Writing Festival kicks off tonight with a panel of the region's top black newspaper editors - including Daily News editor Michael Days - discussing bias and what they do to keep it from distorting the news.
This year's Celebration of Black Writing Festival kicks off tonight with a panel of the region's top black newspaper editors - including
Daily News
editor Michael Days - discussing bias and what they do to keep it from distorting the news.
The program, sponsored by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, runs from 5-7 tonight at Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut St., on the third floor. The discussion will be broadcast live on 900-AM WURD.
In addition to Days, the panelists include Jerry Mondesire, editor and publisher of The Philadelphia Sun; Sandra Long, vice president of newsroom operations, Philadelphia Inquirer; Adamma Ince, editor of The Philadelphia Weekly; and Irv Randolph, managing editor of the Philadelphia Tribune. WURD's Al Butler hosts.
The Celebration of Black Writing, presented by the nonprofit Art Sanctuary, continues through May 29.