HLS 19RS-1185 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 35
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard for her accomplishments
and service to Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard for her many accomplishments and her service
3 to Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication.
4 WHEREAS, Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard, professor at Louisiana State University
5Manship School of Mass Communication, was selected by the Association for Education in
6Journalism and Mass Communication and the Scripps-Howard Foundation as the top mass
7communication professor in the nation; the Association for Education in Journalism and
8Mass Communication is the accrediting body for mass communication programs and has
9ranked Manship School of Mass Communication among the strongest programs in the
10country; and
11 WHEREAS, Dr. Broussard serves as the distinguished Bart R. Swanson Endowed
12Memorial Professor at Manship School of Mass Communication; before taking the chair at
13Manship School of Mass Communication, Dr. Broussard was director of public information
14for the city of New Orleans and press secretary to Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy in New
15Orleans; and
16 WHEREAS, public relations campaigns produced by Dr. Broussard's students at
17Manship School of Mass Communication have captured media attention and won two first
18place and one second place national awards since 2014; Dr. Broussard has achieved
19recognition for her commitment to Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, one of the entities
20for which her students have created a successful public relations campaign; and
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1 WHEREAS, Dr. Broussard is recognized by her undergraduate students for her
2strong commitment to their success and has mentored many graduate students; and
3 WHEREAS, among Dr. Broussard's award-winning academic papers are essays on
4the black press, representations of racial and ethnic minorities, media history, alternative
5media, crisis communication, public relations strategies and tactics, and the civil rights
6movement; Dr. Broussard's Ph.D. dissertation was "Lifting the Veil on Obscurity: Four
7Pioneering Black Women Journalists: 1890-1950"; she also wrote African American Foreign
8Correspondents: A History, published in 2013.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
10commend and congratulate Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard upon her recognition as the top
11mass communication professor in the nation by the Association for Education in Journalism
12and Mass Communication and the Scripps-Howard Foundation.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
14recognize the outstanding mentorship of Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard to her students and
15commitment to her community and does hereby extend best wishes for her continued success
16at Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
18to Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 35 Original 2019 Regular Session Smith
Commends Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard for her service to LSU Manship School of Mass
Communication.
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