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 AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND

PHOTOGRAPHER TO DISCUSS STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE

(Worcester, MA – February 1, 2007) War, genocide, mass media and the manufacture of consent are the topics of discussion that will be presented at a multimedia presentation by the Department of Sociology at Worcester State College (WSC) on Monday, February 12 at 1:30 p.m. in One Lancer Place, Student Center and at 6:30 p.m. in the Learning Resource Center (Room 121).

Guest lecturer Keith Harmon Snow is an independent journalist and photographer who worked as a genocide consultant for the United Nations. He has worked in 43 countries, lives under the poverty line, and has won four awards from the media research group, Project Censored, for his Africa reportage. In 2006 he worked in Afghanistan, India and China, and covered the historic national elections in the Congo. Snow also worked as a research and development engineer on Pentagon programs for GE Aerospace Electronics Labs from 1985-1989.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Corey Dolgon at cdolgon@worcester.edu or 508-929-8534.

Co-sponsors of this event include The Center for Service Learning & Civic Engagement, The Center for the Study of Human Rights and The Center for Community Media & Global Studies.

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