ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 35
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard for her many accomplishments and her service
to Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication.
WHEREAS, Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard, professor at Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication, was selected by the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication and the Scripps-Howard Foundation as the top mass
communication professor in the nation; the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication is the accrediting body for mass communication programs and has
ranked Manship School of Mass Communication among the strongest programs in the
country; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Broussard serves as the distinguished Bart R. Swanson Endowed
Memorial Professor at Manship School of Mass Communication; before taking the chair at
Manship School of Mass Communication, Dr. Broussard was director of public information
for the city of New Orleans and press secretary to Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy in New
Orleans; and
WHEREAS, public relations campaigns produced by Dr. Broussard's students at
Manship School of Mass Communication have captured media attention and won two first
place and one second place national awards since 2014; Dr. Broussard has achieved
recognition for her commitment to Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, one of the entities
for which her students have created a successful public relations campaign; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Broussard is recognized by her undergraduate students for her
strong commitment to their success and has mentored many graduate students; and
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WHEREAS, among Dr. Broussard's award-winning academic papers are essays on
the black press, representations of racial and ethnic minorities, media history, alternative
media, crisis communication, public relations strategies and tactics, and the civil rights
movement; Dr. Broussard's Ph.D. dissertation was "Lifting the Veil on Obscurity: Four
Pioneering Black Women Journalists: 1890-1950"; she also wrote African American Foreign
Correspondents: A History, published in 2013.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard upon her recognition as the top
mass communication professor in the nation by the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication and the Scripps-Howard Foundation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize the outstanding mentorship of Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard to her students and
commitment to her community and does hereby extend best wishes for her continued success
at Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Dr. Jinx Coleman Broussard.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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