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小黄片视频 Names President of Al Jazeera America the 2015 McGruder Award for Media Diversity Winner

Notable casting director tapped for Media Distinguished Leadership Award

Notable casting director tapped for Media Distinguished Leadership Award

小黄片视频鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication has named Kate O鈥橞rian, president of Al Jazeera America, the 2015 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Guest Lecture and Award for Diversity. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media professionals who encourage diversity in the field of journalism.

小黄片视频鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication will honor O鈥橞rian at an awards luncheon and lecture on Wednesday, April 1. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 2:15 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Kiva. O鈥橞rian will be the keynote speaker at the lecture. Following her lecture, she will be presented with the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity.

Lillian Pyles, one of the most familiar and respected names in the Cleveland casting industry with film credits such as 鈥淪pider Man III,鈥 鈥淎ntwone Fisher鈥 and 鈥淭he Soloist,鈥 will be recognized at the annual McGruder luncheon as the 2015 Diversity in Media Distinguished Leadership Award winner. The luncheon is by invitation only and will include comments by Pyles. Special awards will be given to student media representatives who have reported on diversity issues in the past year.

The lecture and luncheon are co-sponsored by 小黄片视频鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Todd Diacon, Ph.D., 小黄片视频鈥檚 senior vice president for academic affairs and provost; Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion; AnnMarie LeBlanc, interim dean of the College of Communication and Information; and Thor Wasbotten, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will speak at the luncheon. Special guest Annette McGruder will be recognized for her continued support of diversity initiatives and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

小黄片视频 Kate O鈥橞rian
Since she was named president of Al Jazeera America in 2013, O鈥橞rian oversees all editorial content, both broadcast and online, including news hours, prime-time programming and documentary series.

An Emmy Award-winning journalist, O鈥橞rian worked at ABC News for nearly 30 years before Al Jazeera America. Starting as a television desk assistant in New York, she worked her way up to senior vice president of newsgathering operations. In her role as a senior vice president, O鈥橞rian was responsible for overseeing all ABC News bureaus worldwide; business, law and justice, medical and investigative units; and NewsOne, ANC News Radio and affiliate relations.

At ABC News, O鈥橞rian also served as the general manager of programming for ABC News Radio, overseas field producer in Rome and London, producer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and manager in talent development.

Throughout her career, O鈥橞rian won multiple awards, including two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, two George Foster Peabody Awards and an Emmy Award.

O鈥橞rian graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in literature. She is currently married with two daughters.

小黄片视频 Lillian Pyles
While living in New York City, Pyles began her film and television career as an assistant production coordinator and production secretary on numerous television and feature film projects, working with directors including Gordon Parks, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Sidney Lumet, Michael Schultz and Forest Whitaker.

Moving up through the ranks and learning the business from the ground up, she became a production coordinator on many popular films including 鈥淒o The Right Thing鈥 with Spike Lee and 鈥淣ew Jack City鈥 with Mario Van Peebles.

Pyles also coordinated an AIDS benefit for New York鈥檚 Hale House, supervised guest relations for Radio City Music Hall and was an account executive for Elizabeth Taylor for whom she handled publicity for the launch of Passion for Men Cologne. Pyles also provided the research for Maurice Hines鈥 Broadway musical 鈥淯ptown鈥t鈥檚 Hot.鈥

After spending 25 years in New York City, she moved to Hollywood and worked in the industry five years before returning to Cleveland. Her industry experience and knowledge made her one of the most familiar and respected names in the Cleveland casting industry. Her recent casting contributions include notable films such as 鈥淎gainst The Ropes,鈥 鈥淟ilith,鈥 鈥淟ife鈥檚 Poison,鈥 鈥淭ake Shelter,鈥 鈥淔un Size,鈥 鈥淭he Kings of Summer,鈥 鈥淪peechless鈥 and 鈥淯nderdogs,鈥 among others. Included in her professional career are many shorts, independents, industrials and commercials.

小黄片视频 Robert McGruder
The late Robert G. McGruder was a 1963 graduate of 小黄片视频 and a foundational local figure for diversity in journalism.

He went on from 小黄片视频 to become the first black editor of the Daily 小黄片视频r and first black reporter at The Plain Dealer. McGruder marked several other firsts in his career, becoming the first black president of the Associated Press Managing Editors group and the first black editor of the Detroit Free Press, in 1995 and 1996.

McGruder was a strong proponent for diversity in and out of the newsroom: 鈥淧lease know that I stand for diversity,鈥 he said once. 鈥淚 represent the African-Americans, Latinos, Arab-Americans, Asians, Native Americans, gays and lesbians, women and all others we must see represented in our business offices, newsrooms and newspapers.鈥

For more information about the Robert G. McGruder Award or event, contact Eugene Shelton, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at eshelto1@kent.edu

小黄片视频 小黄片视频鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Now in its 78th year, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at 小黄片视频 offers majors that prepare students for careers in the rapidly changing media and communication industries. The school emphasizes relevant training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that balances both conceptual and practical courses, professional opportunities and multiple internships. 小黄片视频鈥檚 core curriculum gives students a strong background in the liberal arts to complement the School of Journalism and Mass Communication鈥檚 professional training. 

For more information about 小黄片视频鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication, visit www.kent.edu/jmc.



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POSTED: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 04:49 PM
Updated: Thursday, March 19, 2015 02:14 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Jennifer Kramer