Whom Do You Trust to Tell You the News? Fair, Accurate, Balanced and Thorough Reporting in the 21st Century
Panel Discussion
Thursday, 08 Apr 2010 at 4:00 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union
Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of the New York-based Paid Content, will lead a panel on what news media consumers trust most. Ali, a native of India, owns one of the most successful web-only news sites in the world. He sold the site in 2008 to The Guardian in Great Britain but continues to run the operation. He will be joined by Marcus McIntosh, morning and noon anchor at KCCI-TV, Des Moines; and Alexandra Hayne, editor of the Ames Tribune. Barbara Mack, professor of media law in the Greenlee School of Journalism, will moderate. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.For more information: http://fad.jlmc.iastate.edu/
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010
The First Amendment Blog Poetry Slam
7:00 p.m., Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010
The Rules of Engagement: Rights vs. Responsibilities in Civic Dialogue - Panel Discussion
7:00 p.m., South Ballroom, Memorial Union
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
Freedom March
9:00 a.m., Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave
The annual Freedom March begins at City Hall and ends at steps of Beardshear Hall.
Celebrating Freedom: Having a First Amendment Day at Your High School
High School Seminar with Randy Swikle
10:15 a.m., 101 College of Design
Your Freedoms, Your Choices
High School Seminar with Kalpana Ramgopal
11:15 a.m., College of Design 101
Feast on the First Amendment
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Free Speech Zone, in front of Parks Library
Food, music, drama, chalk the campus, soap box debates and exhibits
Whom Do You Trust to Tell You the News? Fair, Accurate, Balanced and Thorough Reporting in the 21st Century - Panel Discussion
4:00 p.m., Gallery, Memorial Union
Watchdog Journalism in the 21st Century - Joe Mahr
7:00 p.m., Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cosponsored By:
- Greenlee School of Journalism & Mass Communication
- Iowa State Daily
- Lee Enterprises
- Leo Mores Chapter of SPJ
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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