Spring Break
Advocates debate state of Russian news
2-day conference explores media trends in past, present
Megan Milstead
Issue date: 4/3/07 Section: Front Page
"It's a challenge to keep them busy, but they're journalists and they are very independent and can take care of themselves,"
Newberry said.
To help fill their schedules, several professors have booked the journalists to come speak in their classrooms.
There will also be meetings with the Havighurst Center, lectures
and luncheons.
As for the future, Newberry said that several areas of study coming together again to sponsor an event could be a positive experience.
"As we move forward, more of this program mixing is healthy," Newberry said. "I think it really plays off the interdisciplinary nature of journalism how we are bringing together journalism, political science and international studies. It really is reaching across many disciplines."
There will be two more sessions Tuesday detailing the challenges of journalism in its attempts to cover the Putin administration and what's being done to preserve freedom of the press, followed by a student DVD presentation of about recently murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Newberry said.
To help fill their schedules, several professors have booked the journalists to come speak in their classrooms.
There will also be meetings with the Havighurst Center, lectures
and luncheons.
As for the future, Newberry said that several areas of study coming together again to sponsor an event could be a positive experience.
"As we move forward, more of this program mixing is healthy," Newberry said. "I think it really plays off the interdisciplinary nature of journalism how we are bringing together journalism, political science and international studies. It really is reaching across many disciplines."
There will be two more sessions Tuesday detailing the challenges of journalism in its attempts to cover the Putin administration and what's being done to preserve freedom of the press, followed by a student DVD presentation of about recently murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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