Newsrooms have increased their diversity efforts in recent years, still, there is a lot of room for improvement. In association with Media Literacy Week, Center for Communication and New York Public Library present a panel discussion featuring journalists and leaders in the field talking about the challenging path of amplifying voices and perspectives of communities that have been historically underrepresented in media.
Presented with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The Center's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The event will be recorded and distributed through NYC Media. The Center for Communication and NYC Media will be in control of the transmission, recording, and distribution of the event.
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RAMON ESCOBAR, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TALENT RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, CNN WORLDWIDE
Ramon Escobar is the Senior Vice President of Talent Recruitment and Development for CNN Worldwide. He is responsible for the recruitment of all on and off-air talent for CNN U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español and HLN. He also advances the internal development of all anchors, correspondents, contributors and producers. Escobar is based out of New York City and has held his position of vice president of talent recruitment and development since 2012.
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Escobar came to CNN after several years spent at Telemundo, most recently as executive vice president of network news, overseeing the entire news division including all international news bureaus and the development of on-air talent. While at Telemundo his other roles included senior executive vice president of entertainment and senior vice president of news and creative services.
Escobar spent two years as an executive at Sucherman Consulting Group in New York where he acted as vice president and worked with clients including ABC News, Discovery Networks, BBC America and Telemundo.
Previously, Escobar served in a management position as vice president at MSNBC in charge of all live news programming. He was also Vice President & News Director of NBC's owned and operated station in Miami, WTVJ and got his start in television as a producer at Univision's owned and operated station in New York, WXTV.
In addition to his executive work, Escobar has served as a mentor, teaching several classes as a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. He is also a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Escobar earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and is a graduate of the Institute of Political Journalism at Georgetown University.
SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, COORDINATING PRODUCER, RACE & CULTURE, ABC NEWS
Sabina Ghebremedhin serves as the Coordinating Producer, Head of the Race & Culture vertical where she directs and leads the multi-platform reporting efforts of the team. Sabina is an Emmy award-winning journalist and was most recently recognized with a Front Page and Webby Award for her work on the cross-platform project "Their Painful Bond: Black Mothers Speak Out Together on Their Unimaginable Loss," originally launched on GMA digital. She has produced for a number of ABC News’ special projects, including: Peabody award winning”20/20: “Breonna Taylor: Say Her Name,” “Nowhere to Run: the Ahmaud Arbery story,“ George Floyd, Soul of A Nation, Corazon de America, Pride:To Be Seen, Together as One: Celebrating Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, America in Pain,Turning Point, and Juneteenth. She most recently served as the West Coast coordinating producer for Good Morning America, landing scores of exclusive interviews on some of the most challenging stories, including multiple mass shootings and riots.
ALVIN PATRICK, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, RACE AND CULTURE UNIT, CBS NEWS
Award-winning journalist Alvin Patrick is the executive producer for CBS News' Race and Culture Unit. The CBS News Race and Culture Unit works closely with the executive producers of all platforms, to ensure the division's reporting reflects diverse perspectives.
Patrick has more than three decades of experience in the broadcast and cable television business. Patrick joined CBS News in 2012 as a senior producer working exclusively with CBS News special correspondent James Brown. He has produced reports for 60 Minutes, "CBS Sunday Morning," "60 Minutes Sports" for Showtime, "CBS This Morning," the "CBS Evening News," "Face The Nation" and "48 Hours." Patrick will continue to work with Brown.
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Before joining CBS News, Patrick was a senior producer for ABC News' "Nightline" (2009-2011) and was a senior producer for the digital newsmagazine "The Daily" (2011-2012). Earlier, he was executive producer of ESPN's "Cold Pizza" and "ESPN News" (2005-2009). He served as executive producer and vice president at MTV Networks (2001-2004), and he was a producer on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (1999-2000). He began his broadcast network career at ABC News and ABC Sports (1989-1998).
Patrick's work has earned him numerous awards, including six national Emmy nominations, six National Association of Black Journalists awards, a Gabriel Award and a Freddie Award. He also shared two Edward R. Murrow Awards with his colleagues at CBS News.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and a Master of Fine Arts in television production from City University of New York-Brooklyn College.
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