What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: The Press and Public's Know–Nothing Pact
Geneva Overholser
Thursday, 13 Feb 1992 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Geneva Overholser is editor of the Des Moines Register which recently won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on a rape victim and has been embroiled in a debate on whether the newspaper should have printed a controversial ad for the animal rights group PETA. Before joining the Register, she was on the editorial board of The New York Times where she specialized in national security and foreign affairs.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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