PBM Breakfast, May 9, 8:30am
We welcome distinguished journalist Tom Johnson as he presents “The Complex Tale of Mexico’s 16th-Century Indigenous Story Map.” Tom takes us back to the time of Cortéz when the Nahuatl people go into what is now Guatemala and shares an epic map of that journey by a native artist that reveals much about the culture and times.
Tom reveals what he found by extensive visits and study using his vast journalistic and data processing skills. His 50-year career in journalism has taken him from the classroom to the newsroom and back many times. He was a reporter for TIME Magazine in El Salvador in the mid-1980s, the start-up editor of MacWEEK magazine and, in the late ‘90s, a deputy editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Boston University’s College of Communication and lectured and conducted workshops in England, Poland, South Africa, and Latin America.
Tom is Professor of Journalism (Emeritus) at San Francisco State University and the founder and co-director of the Institute for Analytic Journalism in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and wasformerly on the national board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists, representing the four states in Region 9. He has served as a director of the non-profit New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. Currently, he is a director on the board of New Mexico Writers and the Rio Grande Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Please come share in unifying fellowship, enjoy breakfast together, and take part in a thoughtful conversation. There will be time for questions and discussion about what lies ahead and what we can expect.
A suggested donation of $2 or more is appreciated to help cover the cost of food and beverages.
Breakfast will be prepared by our own Mark Bixby, serving up his professional, mouth-watering offerings. If you’d like some of Mark’s especially vigorous sourdough starter (it’s at its best this time of year!), you can contact him at markbixby11@icloud.com.
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We are looking forward to seeing you.