Stuart talks about how he got into journalism by owning his own neighborhood newspaper as a kid.
Stuart talks about getting his first job right out of college at the local newspaper.
Stuart discusses what prompted him to start a paper as a kid and his desire to be the first to know things and then to spread the information.
Stuart explains what he put in his childhood paper and the following he had.
Stuart gives a few examples of stories that he would include.
Stuart explains the name of his paper, "The Neighborhood Times".
Stuart talks about who would write the stories and how he would put the paper together including how he gained National readership.
Stuart reflects on his innate desire to learn information.
Stuart talks about the media he and his family consumed as a kid and the environment of constantly being informed. (short lighting issue)
Stuart explains what he learned during the time he was putting together his paper.
Stuart talks about the difficulties of running a newspaper without the sufficient number of people to cover everything and how coverage is then determined by the diversity of the staff and what they determine to be important.
Stuart says he was too young to recognize those issues when he started his own paper, but learned those things along the way.
Stuart gives an example of this principle by talking about the sports sections and their coverage of the different universities in the area.
Stuart talks about one of the moments when he realized that there was a disparity in coverage of diversity issues and the need to provide more information in order to get more coverage.
Stuart reflects on how these same issues existed when he was working at "The New York Times".
Stuart reemphasizes the effort needed to reach everyone in the audience.
Stuart reflects back on his time at "The Tennessean".
Stuart talks about the progressive nature of "The Tennessean".
Stuart emphasizes the importance of leadership in journalism and media.
Stuart discusses the hiring practices of "The Banner" and "The Tennessean".
Stuart talks about the breadth of coverage he was asked to provide while at "The Tennessean" and the teachable moment he received about news writing.
Stuart recounts his second teachable moment about covering a beat and his creation of his own beat in aviation and transportation.
Stuart talks about the diversity he saw in the newsroom and as a journalist.
Stuart reflects on his time at "The New York Times" and the level of diversity found there.
Stuart discusses law suits brought against "The New York Times" for issues of diversity.
Stuart talks about his perceptions of diversity in Detroit.
Stuart talks about his efforts to ensure that the news covered was inclusive, and not specifically to make sure that everything was covered.
Stuart gives an example of teachers associations in the South.
Stuart describes how he got his start in journalism education through serving as a mentor in the Summer Program for Minorities in Journalism.
Stuart talks about what he sees as the job of a journalist.
Stuart shares his philosophy of being inclusive and looking for the facts.
Stuart recalls some of the types of questions he would get from those he mentored during the Summer Program for Minorities in Journalism and how he would respond.
Stuart shares his final thoughts on teaching journalism and the knowledge gap that can be overcome with a desire to learn.
Stuart tells an anecdote of a graduate student that exemplified a lack of a desire to learn.
Stuart expresses a need that journalists have to be well rounded with a broad base of experience so they can cover a story in its entirety.
Stuart shares his thoughts on the current state of the news industry's approach to issues of diversity.
Stuart gives recommendations of what media owners can do to address diversity issues.
Stuart talks about the role of audiences in achieving diversity in media.