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Media coverage : past present and future

Title

Media coverage : past present and future
Postville: Past, Present and Future conference

Subject

Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008--Press coverage; Postville (Iowa)--Press coverage; Illegal aliens--Iowa--Postville--Press coverage; Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008--Archives; Postville (Iowa)--Archives; Illegal aliens--Iowa--Postville--Archives; Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008--Personal narratives;

Description

Panelists discuss past and current media coverage, recording testimonials, and future archiving of information about Postville. Jeff Abbas, KPVL Radio, Postville; Thomas Kessler, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa; Jens Manuel Krogstad, Waterloo Courier; Erin Marth, AmeriCorps VISTA, Postville Recovery Effort of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. This presentation was part of the conference Postville: Past, Present and Future on April 30 and May 1, 2009, at the University of Northern Iowa. Introduced by conference organizer Jennifer Cooley.
1 video file (RealVideo ; 51 minutes)

Creator

Abbas, Jeff

Date

5 1 09

Contributor

Kessler, Thomas; Krogstad, Jens Manuel; Marth, Erin; Cooley, Jennifer

Type

Moving Image

Coverage

United States--Iowa--Black Hawk--Cedar Falls; United States--Iowa--Allamakee--Postville