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24-553: A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Fair Media Council's two-sided mission makes it unlike any organization in the country. The organization is under the direction of chief executive officer and executive director Jaci Clement , who was recruited to design a strategic vision for the organization in a rapidly changing media landscape. FMC has a board of directors composed of New York business and community leaders, an advisory board of accomplished businesspeople and journalists, and

48-611: A Media Savvy Bill of Rights. FMC was formerly known as the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, Inc., the Long Island-based media watchdog that monitored the work of the over-the-air television stations in New York City for Long Island coverage. In 2004, noting the changed media landscape and the evolving distribution methods for news to reach the public, the organization expanded its mission and focus and its name

72-421: 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

96-862: A group of stations owned by Newhouse Newspapers : WAPI-TV (now WVTM-TV ) in Birmingham, Alabama ; KTVI in St. Louis ; WSYR-TV (now WSTM-TV ) in Syracuse, New York and its satellite station WSYE-TV (now WETM-TV ) in Elmira, New York ; and WTPA-TV (now WHTM-TV ) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . The company also entered the field of cable television, servicing the Phoenix and San Diego areas, amongst others. They were originally titled Times-Mirror Cable, and were later renamed to Dimension Cable Television. Similarly, they also attempted to enter

120-422: A market as possible to ensure the public is provided with a variety of news, sources and opinions. It also works to keep the media responsible and responsive to the community it serves. FMC had created a news literacy program for children and, to encourage teachers to incorporate news literacy into their classes, created a teacher recognition program for 4th-to-6th grade teachers across the country. FMC also created

144-597: 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 is a member of the National Press Club and London-based The Media Society. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio and received a B.A. degree in communication arts from Hofstra University . Times Mirror Co. The Times Mirror Company

168-477: A wide range of businesses and nonprofit organizations as members. FMC places a major emphasis on educating the public to become media savvy news consumers. Educational programming is held throughout the year, as well as opportunities for the public to meet with the media and engage in an open dialogue that focuses on demystifying the news process for the news consumer. A weekly newsletter, The Latest, offers exclusive media commentary and written by Clement, as well as

192-444: Is a media expert with more than 20 years experience in the communications industry. She is chief executive officer and executive director of the Fair Media Council, which advocates for quality news and works to create a media-savvy society in a media-driven world. FMC is headquartered on Long Island , New York . Clement writes weekly media commentary and analysis and is regularly interviewed on issues affecting local news and

216-556: The Dallas Times Herald and its radio and television stations, KRLD-AM - FM -TV in Dallas . The Federal Communications Commission granted an exemption of its cross-ownership policy and allowed Times-Mirror to retain the newspaper and the television outlet, which was renamed KDFW-TV . Times-Mirror Broadcasting later acquired KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas in 1973; and in 1980 purchased

240-527: The Hartford Courant . In 1986, Times Mirror bought A.S. Abell Company, owners of The Baltimore Sun , and as part of the sale, Gillett Communications bought out the broadcasting unit. That same year, Times Mirror acquired Broadcasting Publications Inc., parent company of broadcast trade magazine Broadcasting Magazine . Times Mirror acquired Richard D. Irwin Inc. from Dow Jones & Company in 1988 to enter

264-571: The New American Library (NAL) and later sold it in 1983 to Odyssey Partners, a private investing group, and Ira J. Hechler, a private investor. Times Mirror acquired the World Publishing Company in 1962. By this time, World Publishing was producing 12 million books a year, one of only three American publishers to produce that much volume. In 1974, Times Mirror sold World Publishing to the U.K.-based Collins Publishers . In 1967,

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288-833: 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 , Distinguished Service Award from the Advancement for Commerce, Industry and Technology (ACIT) and Top 50 Women on Long Island AWard from Long Island Business News. (Since heading FMC, Clement declines awards from media.) She has served as an adjunct professor of journalism at Hofstra University ,

312-661: The Times Mirror entered magazine publishing by acquiring Popular Science , Outdoor Life , Golf Magazine , and Ski Magazine . Times Mirror owned the Sporting News from 1977 until 2000, when it was sold to Paul Allen 's Vulcan Inc. In 1987, Times Mirror acquired Field & Stream , Yachting , Home Mechanix , and Skiing . In 1983, Times Mirror owned not only the Los Angeles Times but also Newsday , The Denver Post , The Dallas Times Herald , and

336-411: 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

360-583: The minority shares it had sold to CBS in 1948. Times-Mirror also purchased a former motion picture studio, Nassour Studios , in Hollywood in 1950, which was then used to consolidate KTTV's operations. Later to be known as Metromedia Square (then the Fox Television Center), the studio was sold along with KTTV to Metromedia in 1963. After a seven-year hiatus from the medium, the firm reactivated Times-Mirror Broadcasting Company with its 1970 purchase of

384-477: The notable "Watch List," a look at happenings inside media, and FMC member and event information analysis. FMC works directly with the media on issues as they arise in news coverage, ranging from story coverage to business decisions that place limitations on coverage and how that impacts the news consumer as well as creates information voids in the marketplace. It is anti-consolidation in philosophy, wanting as many independent media voices and reporters working within

408-710: The opportunity to "go behind the headlines and beyond soundbites" to create a media-savvy consumer which, according to Clement, enables them to become their own watchdogs of the news. Each year, the Fair Media Council hosts its largest event, The Fair Media Council Folio Awards which it describes as Long Island's biggest media event. FMC events continuously attract influential people in the news business. Most recently, featured speakers at FMC events have included Dan Rather , Bill Keller, Maggie Haberman, Michael Wolff, Al Roker, Donny Deutsch, Rita Cosby, Neal Shapiro, Harry Siegel, Walt Handelsman, Helen Thomas , William F. Baker and Bob Woodruff . Jaci Clement Jaci Clement

432-627: The pay-TV market, with the Spotlight movie network; it wasn't successful and was quickly shut down. The cable systems were sold in the mid-1990s to Cox Communications . Times-Mirror also pared its station group down, selling off the Syracuse, Elmira and Harrisburg properties in 1986, to Smith Broadcasting. Times-Mirror briefly held WMAR-TV in Baltimore and WRLH-TV in Richmond , which were acquired alongside

456-471: 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

480-472: The textbook field. Times Mirror acquired Wm. C. Brown Co. in 1992. Times Mirror sold its textbook operations to McGraw-Hill in 1996. Times Mirror also owned C.V. Mosby Company from 1967–1998, which published medical college textbooks and reference books; Harry N. Abrams — a publisher of art and photography books — from 1966–1997; legal publisher Matthew Bender (from 1963 until 1998 ); and air navigation publisher Jeppesen (from 1961 until Times Mirror

504-719: Was acquired by the Tribune Company). Subsequent acquisitions, like The Baltimore Sun in 1986, expanded the company's portfolio. Times Mirror Co. was acquired by the Tribune Company in 2000. After the acquisition, Tribune sold Jeppesen to Boeing and the former Times Mirror magazines to Time Inc. The Times-Mirror Company was a founding owner of television station KTTV in Los Angeles, which opened in January 1949. It became that station's sole owner in 1951, after re-acquiring

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528-684: Was an American newspaper and print media publisher from 1884 until 2000. It had its roots in the Mirror Printing and Binding House , a commercial printing company founded in 1873, and the Los Angeles Times , originally the Los Angeles Daily Times , which was first published in 1881 and printed by the company. The two operations were purchased and combined in 1884 to form the Times Mirror Company. In 1960, Times Mirror acquired

552-631: 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 for 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

576-401: Was changed to Fair Media Council to reflect its new purpose. To address issues arising from the rapidly-fragmenting media landscape and fake news, the Fair Media Council revised its annual conference, Connection Day, and introduced "The News Conference: Real & Powerful" on Dec. 5, 2017. Billed as "bringing out the best in local and national news," The News Conference provides the public with

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