The Wall Street Journal’s Corey Dade reports from the front lines of today’s biggest news with a fresh voice on events that shape American politics and culture.

Through his insightful coverage of national politics, Fortune 500 companies, celebrities and social issues, Dade has been a frequent commentator on CNN, Fox News, Headline News, CNBC and National Public Radio.

He’s reported on many of the most gripping incidents of the past decade, including 9/11, the priest sex abuse scandal, Hurricane Katrina and the Virginia Tech shootings. In 2008, he covered presidential election, delivering in-depth reporting from the campaign trail with both candidates.

· Speaking Topics
Race in the Obama Era: Who Wins, Who Loses and Who Gets Left Behind?
Dade provides a compelling look at how the Obama presidency is influencing race relations and restoring the goal of diversity as a priority. He discusses:
· The suggestion that America has entered a “post-racial” era
· African-Americans confronting their own racial beliefs and questioning the continued need for customs such as Black History Month
· Blacks losing political clout to Latinos, women and gays and lesbians

Republican Rehab: Rough Recovery from Detox?
Voted out of power in Washington, the Republicans have turned to an African-American to run their party and an Asian of east Indian descent (the governor of Louisiana) as their rising star. But the party remains dominated by white southern conservatives, whose identity politics and hawkish support of the Iraq war caused the Republicans’ defeat. Dade, who covers southern politics, discusses the following factors for a GOP resurgence:
· The power struggle between neoconservatives and evangelicals
· Anti-Obama backlash among whites that could foment support
· Risks and rewards of Republican opposition to President Obama’s policies

Obama, Axelrod and the Fate of Black Politics
President Obama wasn’t the first African-American to use race-neutral messaging to win over white voters. Newark, N.J., Mayor Corey Booker, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty used the same approach to win their own historic elections. Coincidence? No way. They each called on strategist David Axelrod, who later masterminded the Obama campaign. Dade provides keen insight about this increasingly successful strategy and its potential for revolutionizing, or undermining, traditional black politics.

News Gone Wild: Telling Tough Reporting from Sensationalism
Dade candidly addresses biases in news and the sometimes blurry line between aggressive coverage and sensationalism. He also makes a compelling case that journalism, for its many failings, remains the greatest independent force for uncovering abuse and speaking truth to power.

Obamaniacs: Young Nation Under a Groove
President Obama has engaged thousands of young people, some of whom were so passionate that they left college to work on his campaign. Dade discusses how these “Obamaniacs” are sustaining their activism and their potentially prominent role as part of the president’s new Web-based army for promoting his agenda.

· About Corey Dade
Over 14 years, Wall Street Journal reporter Corey Dade has interviewed U.S. presidents and CEOs, movie stars and star athletes, drug dealers and crooked cops, and soccer moms, too.

Through his wide range of experience he has developed a critical eye but also compassion and wit that enrich his colorful speeches. His insights cut through the clutter of the talking heads and spinmeisters. On government, politicians, race and the news media, his candor pulls back the curtain on how things work.

Dade was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Grambling State University in Louisiana and played football for legendary coach Eddie Robinson. He hung up his cleats and transferred to the University of Maryland, where paid his tuition by working as a waiter, mover, lifeguard and as a gopher at the Washington Post.

Dade previously worked at the Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Detroit Free Press and Miami Herald. He is president of the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, one of the largest chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). He’s also on the board of directors for the Atlanta Press Club.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inspirational, Political, Current events, Civil Rights


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