Panel to address future of journalism industry Miami University's journalism program announces "Saving Good Journalism (Or Is It Too Late?)" from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 30 in 128 Pearson Hall.
The event will include a panel of scholars and journalists discussing how the news media can sustain good journalistic practices in a changing industry.
Panelists include Patricia Aufderheide, director of the Center for Social Media and professor of communication at American University, Ken Barcus, Midwest bureau chief of NPR, Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University and Jan Schaffer, Pulitzer Prize winner and director of J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University's school of communication.
The panel will address the growing challenges media face, newspapers suffering reductions in staff and coverage, network news operations shrinking, foreign bureaus closing, veteran journalists being pressured into early retirement, beats being eliminated and professional journalists having their value to society questioned by critics of the "mainstream media."
Art professor to present at Bicentennial exhibition
Art professor Peg Faimon will present "The Balancing Act," a talk as part of the art department's events for the 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, which runs through June 21.
Faimon is currently director of the Miami Design Collaborative and is also an affiliate of the department of architecture and interior design and the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies.
The talk will take place at noon Thursday, March 26 at the Miami University Art Museum. It is free and open to the public. More information is available at 529-2232.
Sherwin-Williams CEO to discuss economy
The Farmer School of Business will host Christopher Connor at 4 p.m. March 26 in Hall Auditorium. Connor is the current CEO and chairman of the Sherwin-Williams Company.
His discussion, "Surviving and Thriving in a Down Economy," will address leadership in the business world and how to handle difficult situations and times. Sherwin-Williams is based in Cleveland and was listed as one of the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune magazine.
Despite the economic crisis, Connor has worked with the company to control costs and promote sales internationally, enabling the company to remain profitable in difficult times.
The lecture is part of the Farmer School of Business's Executive Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.
