Workshop Director: Kathryn Adams
Workshop Supervisor: Creg Stephenson
Staff photographer: Niko Corley
Art director: Mike Lowe
Broadcasting director: George Daniels
Dorm counselors: E.J. Cooper, Antonio Saunders
Editor in residence: Mervin Aubespin, Louisville Courier-Journal
Director emeritus: Marie Parsons
Visiting professionals and lecturers: Molly Altizer, Suffolk County Community College; Alisa Beckwith, Alabama Public Radio; Staci Brown Brooks, The Birmingham News; Joseph Bryant, Florence Times-Daily; Chandra Clark, University Relations; Mark Hughes Cobb, The Tuscaloosa News; Paul Delaney, Initiative on Racial Mythology, Washington, D.C.; Rod Hicks, Detroit News; Major Highfield, University of Alabama; Marian Huttenstine, Mississippi State University; Tonjanita Johnson, Mississippi Valley State University; Ken Knight, Tampa Tribune; Laurie Lattimore, Mercer University; Zaneta Lowe, Tuscaloosa City Schools; Bill McDaniel, University Relations; Zelda Oliver-Miles, freelance reporter/editor, Birmingham; Nancy Parker, WVUE Fox 8 News, New Orleans; James Pewitt, attorney, Birmingham; Ronda Robinson, WBRC Fox 6 News, Birmingham; Casey Sears, Co/Ax Media, Atlanta; Terry Siggers, UA Office of Student Media; Marissa Silvera, Miami Herald; Porfirio Solorzano, The Tuscaloosa News; Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, The Birmingham News; Robert Sutton, The Tuscaloosa News; Bernell Tripp, University of Florida; Jim Willis, Birmingham Post-Herald
Special thanks to: University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences – Culpepper Clark (dean), Jim Oakley (director of internship and placement/unofficial tour guide), Greg Goldstein (technology director); UA Journalism Department – Ed Mullins (chairman), Matt Bunker (professor), George Daniels (assistant professor), Cecilia Hammond (program assistant), Jennifer Mackay (instructor), Elina Yerzikova (student assistant), Carol Olive (administrative secretary emeritus); UA Department of Telecommunication and Film – Brandon Edwards (student videographer); The Tuscaloosa News – Tim Thompson (publisher), Doug Ray (editor), Chuck Jones (pre-press manager), Tiffany Lacey (reporter), Robert Sutton (photographer); UA Residence Life Office – Tacy Bolling (Conference Specialist), Rose Towers staff; UA Transportation Services; UA Office of Student Media – Paul Isom (director), Amy Foster (program support); Alabama Public Radio – Butler Cain (news director); The Crimson White – Chris Sanders (editor), Briana Webster (reporter); Dateline Alabama – Danny Hanbery (editor), Lori Hine and Lance Orr (reporter/photographers); McWane Center Newsroom Studio; University Relations – Elizabeth Smith (communications specialist); University of Alabama Center for Public Television; WVUA-7 News – Johnny Price (General Manager); University of Alabama Student Recreation Center; Bama Dining Service – Lisa Bryant (Office Manager); Reese Phifer Hall custodial staff; DCH Regional Medical Center; Indian Hills Country Club; Papa John’s Pizza; McAlister’s Deli; Heavenly Ham; Kinko’s Copies;
Wal-Mart photo department
MJW Voices is written and edited by high school students attending the University of Alabama Department of Journalism’s Minority Journalism Workshop. The program is sponsored by Gannett Foundation, Montgomery Advertiser, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Knight Foundation, Tuscaloosa News, Mobile Register, Mercedes-Benz International, Alabama Press Association and Alabama Broadcasters Association.
The workshop appreciates the long-term commitment of The Tuscaloosa News, which prints MJW Voices.