Harry Amana
Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

ACADEMIC

"Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life," Encyclopedia of Black Studies, Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama eds., Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2005, pp. 390-391.

"Bowling," (pp. 63-64); "Floyd Patterson," (pp. 284-285); "Wheaties," (pp. 386-387), Sport in American Culture, Joyce D. Duncan, ed., Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2004.

"The Art of Propaganda: Charles Alston's World War II Editorial Cartoons for the Office of War Information and the Black Press," American Journalism, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring 2004), pp. 79-111.

"Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media," book review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 4. (Winter 2000), p.934, 936.

"The Noose as an Early Communication Technology in the Anti-lynch Campaign," American Journalism, Vol. 17, No. 4. (Fall 2000), pp. 70-71.

"Black Press and U.S. History," Syllabus Reader: Journalism, Mass Communication and Communication History, American Journalism Historians Association Education Committee, Sept. 1, 2000.

"The historical perspective: A rationale for its inclusion," CLIO Among the Media, David Davis, ed., Fall 1999. pp. 1, 2, 12.

"Chicago Defender," History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia, Margaret A. Blanchard, ed., London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998, pp. 131-32.

"African-American Media," History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia, Margaret A. Blanchard, Ed., London: Fitroy Dearborn, 1998, pp. 25-30.

"The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords," video review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 2. (Summer 1998).

"A History of the Black Press," book review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 4. (Winter 1997).

"James Baldwin," Encyclopedia of the Essay, Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., London: 1997, pp. 51-54.

"Frederick Douglass," Encyclopedia of the Essay, Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., London: 1997, pp. 230-231.

"Slick Spins and Fractured Facts: How the Media Distort the News," book review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Volume 73, No. 4 (Winter 1996).

"Raising Her Voice," book review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 2 (Summer 1995)

"The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860 and Afro-American Publications and Editors, 1827-1946," a review essay, American Periodicals, Vol. 4, 1994 pp. 106-112.

"Black Journalists: The NABJ Story," book review, Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 1. (Spring 1994).

"Syllabus Exchange: The Black Press," CLIO Among the Media, Winter 1992. p. 1

BOOK CHAPTERS

"Robert S. Abbott" (Abbott's Monthly), Dictionary of Literary Biography. American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960 First Series, Volume 91, (New York 1990), Sam G. Riley, ed., pp. 3-10.

"A. Philip Randolph" (The Messenger) Dictionary of Literary Biography. American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960 First Series, Volume 91, (New York 1990), Sam G. Riley, ed., pp. 271-285.

BOOKS:

South Africa Challenge and Hope, Southern Africa Working Party, Indiana University, 1982.

South Africa Challenge and Hope, revised edition, Lyle Tatum ed., Hill and Wang, 1987.


INDUSTRY / IN-HOUSE PUBLICATIONS:

Race and the Media: A Symposium, (editor) Institute of African-American Research, Z. Smith Reynolds, with support from The News & Observer 2000.

"Politics of Hope and Terror: South Africa in Transition," (American Friends Service Committee Study--Team Report on monthlong trip to South Africa) November 1992.

"Blending accuracy, advocacy," The Poynter Report (Poynter Institute Newsletter), Winter 1991, pp 5-6, written as a Visiting Faculty member at the Institute's first Minority Press Seminar.

SELECTED MASS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS (From among hundreds):

"Alternative source for the news" The Chapel Hill News, July 31, 2002

"Abuse at the hands of nuns" The Chapel Hill News, June 16, 2002

"Profiling -- nothing new" The Chapel Hill News, April 24, 2002

"Boxing, Bimbos and Buffoons" (an updated version of the earlier column) SeeingBlack.com, March 14, 2002

"Boxing, bimbos and buffoons" The Chapel Hill News, March 6, 2002

"Longing for the familiar" The Chapel Hill News, Jan. 6, 2002

"Media Diet," panel discussion on "Black Issues Forum," UNC-TV, Dec. 14, 2001.
Transcript at: http://www.unctv.org/bif/transcripts/2001/bif1711.html

"'A love supreme'" The Chapel Hill News, Nov. 18, 2001

"Time to close ranks?" The Chapel Hill News, September 30, 2001

"Rush Hour: exploding stereotypes," The Chapel Hill News, August 8, 2001

"Global view 'At Home,'" The Chapel Hill News, June 20, 2001

"In Praise of Sonja," The Chapel Hill News, May 2, 2001

"First Amendment Used to Shield Racist Spiel," SeeingBlack.com, April 9, 2001

"Bamboozled Again, and Again," SeeingBlack.com, April 9, 2001

"Bond Passage Means Makeovers at N.C.'s 5 Black Campuses," BVQ (Black Voices Quarterly), Spring 2001, p. 52.

"The mean burden of race," The Chapel Hill News, March 14, 2001

"MLK," The Chapel Hill News, Jan. 24, 2001

"The wonderful stories of Jackie Torrence," The Chapel Hill News, Dec. 15, 2000

"Conspiracy," The Chapel Hill News, Nov. 12, 2000

"Race and media," The Chapel Hill News, Oct. 11, 2000

"Narrowing the digital divide," The Chapel Hill News, Sept. 8, 2000

"A timely reminder of the need Down East," The Chapel Hill News, Aug. 6, 2000.

"Triangle has gotten the development it deserves," The Chapel Hill News, July 2, 2000.

"Columnist Misinformed About BCC...," The Daily Tar Heel, Oct. 5, 1999

"Black Cultural Center Is Arguably Most Diverse Place on UNC Campus," The Daily Tar Heel, Sept. 29, 1999

"Repeated visits to the Ackland form a new perspective," The Chapel Hill News, Sept. 19, 1999.

"The new emancipation that must occur in North Carolina," The Chapel Hill News, Aug. 1, 1999.

"Europe Meets Africa -- American Style," (record review) Africa News, April 26, 1993.

"African Jazz: Familiar but Unique," (record review) Africa News, March 8, 1993.

"Historically Black Colleges and Universities," a four-article series for Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. for Black History Month, for black newspapers across the country, February 1992.

"Leadership Profiles" (Marshall Bass, Erroll Davis, Anna Perez and Clifton Wharton), for Amalgamated Publishers, Inc., for Black History Month, February 1991.

"The Black Press" a six-article series on the black press for Amalgamated Publishers, Inc., for Black History Month, February 1990.

"A Minute on African-Americans in Communication," a six-part series of one-minute radio spots, WCLK-FM Radio, Atlanta, Ga., for Black History Month, February 1990.


FULLTIME TEACHING & JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor, July 1, 2001 - present; Associate Professor (tenured), Nov. 1984 - June 2001 (on sabbatical Jan-June 1996/ on leave July '89 - December '90); Lecturer, Jan. 1979 - Oct. 1984 (on leave, May - December 1983).

The Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, UNC-CH
Acting Director, July 1, 1999 - August 2001

The Institute of African American Research, UNC-CH
Acting Director, July 1, 1999 - August 2001

Clark Atlanta University, Division of Communication Arts, Atlanta, Ga.
Director/Associate Professor, July 1989 - December 1990 (on leave from UNC-CH) Directed newly restructured division, which included the departments of Mass Media Arts (journalism, public relations, RTV and film) and Speech Communication and Theatre Arts

Temple University, School of Communications, Journalism Department, Phila. Pa.
Instructor, Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1978.

The Philadelphia Tribune, Phila. Pa.
Reporter/ Photographer/Columnist, Aug. 1973-Aug. 1976. General assignment reporter. Weekly columnist.

Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, N.J.
Instructor, Sept. 1969 - June 1972.


OTHER JOURNALISM/ COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE:

The Associated Press, Raleigh, N.C.: Reporter/ Writer, May-Aug. 1988. General assignment writer/reporter on state bureau's print and broadcast desks.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Phila. Pa.: Copy Editor, May-Dec. 1983 (on leave, UNC)/ May-Aug. 1982. General copy-desk work for Metro daily and "Neighbors" suburban semi-weeklies.
The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.: Reporter, June-Aug. 1981. General assignment for Metro daily and Features desks. ASNE Summer Sabbatical Fellow.
American Friends Service Committee, Third World Coalition, Phila. Pa.: Media Coordinator, Sept. 1976-Dec. 1978.


MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Army, Personnel Administration Specialist, Aug. 1961-Aug. 1964. Service included 20 months with the U.S. Army Mission, Tehran, Iran. Honorable Discharge.

SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS:
Journalism Excellence Award, The Triangle Association of Black Journalists, April 17, 2004.
"Tar Heel of the Week," The News & Observer, April 25, 1999.
William Rand Kenan Jr. Sabbatical and stipend, UNC-CH, 1996.
Multicultural Curriculum Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1993 for "Minorities in Media" syllabus & bibliography;
Achievement Award, N.C. A&T University, March 1983 for "service to minority journalists";
Achievement Award, Phila, 1976, SCLC, for "fair and accurate reporting";
Feature Writing Award (3d place), 1974, National Newspaper Publishers Association;
Merit Teaching Award, 1971, Rutgers University;
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 1968-69, Temple University.

Education:
M.A. (1969), B.A. (1967), English, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.


SERVICE: Amana has served as consultant, coordinator, judge, panelist, moderator, reviewer, or committee member for several journalism organizations including: AEJMC, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Cox, Gannett Foundation/Freedom Forum, Independent Weekly (N.C.), Institute for Southern Studies, Journalism History, National Association of Black Journalists, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Poynter Institute, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, and Triangle Association of Black Journalists. He is the creator and s former webmaster of the Web site for the Minorities & Communication Division of AEJMC.


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