2008 Woodie Awards
Journalist to discuss technology in media
Laura Houser
Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Campus
It has been a long and controversial career, yet veteran journalist Bill Kovach is no closer to slowing down, as he prepares to visit Miami University for an informal panel discussion of technology, journalistic apathy and the current state of the news media.
The discussion, titled "Warp Speed: How Technology is Revolutionizing the News," will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, April 16 in 128 Pearson Hall. Those faculty members teaching Introduction to Journalism; including Cheryl Gibbs, Ed Arnone, Christopher Martin and former faculty member Judi Hetrick; will be the other members of the panel.
Throughout the journalistic world, Kovach is most known for his fearless management of newsrooms along the east coast, from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to the New England bureau of The New York Times. With the panel discussion, and similarly titled book published in 1999, Kovach has turned his attention onto technology - and its effects on how news is reported.
"The Internet and the idea of 24-hour news put pressure on news values," said associate professor Jim Tobin of Miami's journalism program, who will be moderating the event. "Now there's pressure in journalism to work faster, but not carefully."
After informally retiring from daily journalism after leaving the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1988, Kovach is now a scholar and critic of modern journalism, first as the curator of the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and now as senior counselor at the Project for Excellence in Journalism in
Washington D.C.
According to Tobin, while Kovach may be unsure of the direction journalism is heading, his commentary compels journalists, as well as all citizens, to evaluate its position in American society.
"He's merely saying, 'Hold on a minute, let's talk about what our role in society really is,'" Tobin said.
And it is this role that Richard Campbell, director of Miami's journalism program, feels all citizens should value.
The discussion, titled "Warp Speed: How Technology is Revolutionizing the News," will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, April 16 in 128 Pearson Hall. Those faculty members teaching Introduction to Journalism; including Cheryl Gibbs, Ed Arnone, Christopher Martin and former faculty member Judi Hetrick; will be the other members of the panel.
Throughout the journalistic world, Kovach is most known for his fearless management of newsrooms along the east coast, from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to the New England bureau of The New York Times. With the panel discussion, and similarly titled book published in 1999, Kovach has turned his attention onto technology - and its effects on how news is reported.
"The Internet and the idea of 24-hour news put pressure on news values," said associate professor Jim Tobin of Miami's journalism program, who will be moderating the event. "Now there's pressure in journalism to work faster, but not carefully."
After informally retiring from daily journalism after leaving the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1988, Kovach is now a scholar and critic of modern journalism, first as the curator of the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and now as senior counselor at the Project for Excellence in Journalism in
Washington D.C.
According to Tobin, while Kovach may be unsure of the direction journalism is heading, his commentary compels journalists, as well as all citizens, to evaluate its position in American society.
"He's merely saying, 'Hold on a minute, let's talk about what our role in society really is,'" Tobin said.
And it is this role that Richard Campbell, director of Miami's journalism program, feels all citizens should value.
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