Jaci Clement
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Jaci Clement is a media expert with more than 20 years experience in the communications industry. She is currently executive director of the Fair Media Council, a New York metro area media watch organization headquartered at Briarcliffe College
on Long Island
, New York
.
She is regularly interviewed on issues affecting local news and the subsequent impact on the news consumer; frequently contributes opinion pieces on the topic to a variety of publications, and speaks around the country on the importance of being a media savvy consumer. She has created a media literacy
program and brought it into the classroom, believing strongly that news literacy and literacy skills must develop simultaneously to enhance children’s deductive reasoning and critical thinking abilities and, ultimately, to create a generation of world-class citizens.
Her news experience began when she was in the fourth grade, when she earned her first byline in a daily newspaper. She worked as a reporter while attending college, in addition to being a stringer for The New York Times education section and serving as editor in chief of her college newspaper, The Chronicle, which was highly regarded as one of the best college newspapers in the country. While still a reporter at The Chronicle, she wrote an investigative news article that forced the resignation of a tenured university professor.
Her background in reporting and editing is complemented by extensive experience working on the business side of newspapers, including internal communications, marketing, advertising, circulation and research. Prior to her current position at FMC, she was an executive with Dolan Media, based in Minneapolis, Minn., and Times Mirror Co.
She holds the title of Executive Communicator, the highest rank of distinction bestowed by the Association of Women in Communications. In 2007, she was invited to participate in a project to shape the newsroom of the future, which was sponsored by the Media Giraffe Project, a research initiative housed within the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, journalism program. She was a regular panelist on 21 Forum, a talk show produced by PBS affiliate WLIW New York
. She has received the Media Advocate of the Year Award from the Long Island Association
and the Distinguished Service Award from the Advancement for Commerce, Industry and Technology (ACIT).
She has served as an adjunct professor of journalism at Hofstra University
, a member of the advisory board of Media Ethics Magazine, published by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a member of the board of Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
She was born in Youngstown, Ohio
and received a B.A. degree in communication arts from Hofstra University
.
Briarcliffe College
Briarcliffe College consists of three for-profit career colleges in Long Island City, New York, Bethpage and Patchogue on Long Island, New York. They offer Associate's or Bachelor's degree programs in a variety of areas including Graphic Design, Criminal Justice, Business, Photography and...
on Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
She is regularly interviewed on issues affecting local news and the subsequent impact on the news consumer; frequently contributes opinion pieces on the topic to a variety of publications, and speaks around the country on the importance of being a media savvy consumer. She has created a media literacy
Media literacy
Media literacy is a repertoire of competences that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and forms.-Education:...
program and brought it into the classroom, believing strongly that news literacy and literacy skills must develop simultaneously to enhance children’s deductive reasoning and critical thinking abilities and, ultimately, to create a generation of world-class citizens.
Her news experience began when she was in the fourth grade, when she earned her first byline in a daily newspaper. She worked as a reporter while attending college, in addition to being a stringer for The New York Times education section and serving as editor in chief of her college newspaper, The Chronicle, which was highly regarded as one of the best college newspapers in the country. While still a reporter at The Chronicle, she wrote an investigative news article that forced the resignation of a tenured university professor.
Her background in reporting and editing is complemented by extensive experience working on the business side of newspapers, including internal communications, marketing, advertising, circulation and research. Prior to her current position at FMC, she was an executive with Dolan Media, based in Minneapolis, Minn., and Times Mirror Co.
She holds the title of Executive Communicator, the highest rank of distinction bestowed by the Association of Women in Communications. In 2007, she was invited to participate in a project to shape the newsroom of the future, which was sponsored by the Media Giraffe Project, a research initiative housed within the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, journalism program. She was a regular panelist on 21 Forum, a talk show produced by PBS affiliate WLIW New York
WLIW
WLIW, channel 21, is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Garden City, New York; which serves as a secondary Public Broadcasting Service member station for the New York City television market...
. She has received the Media Advocate of the Year Award from the Long Island Association
Long Island Association
The Long Island Association is the largest and oldest group within the business lobby of Long Island, New York. Four archived New York Times stories from the 1920s preserve the LIA’s rhapsodic early efforts to promote business relocation from New York City...
and the Distinguished Service Award from the Advancement for Commerce, Industry and Technology (ACIT).
She has served as an adjunct professor of journalism at Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
, a member of the advisory board of Media Ethics Magazine, published by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a member of the board of Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
She was born in Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
and received a B.A. degree in communication arts from Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
.
External links
- Media Ethics Magazine http://www.mediaethicsmagazine.com
- Bethpage Federal Credit Union https://www.bethpage.coop/about_staff.asp
- Fair Media Councilhttp://www.fairmediacouncil.org
- Media Savvy by Jaci Clement http://jacifairmedia.wordpress.com