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A fond farewell to Professor Nancy Roberts, who is beginning an exciting new post in the Department of Communication at State University of New York - Albany. Roberts will be spearheading the establishment of an interdisciplinary journalism major at SUNY– Albany, in addition to teaching journalism courses.
The Minnesota Journalism Center hosted a reporting workshop for sports journalists on July 21. The day featured a lunch hour press conference with Jerry Bell of the Twins and Lester Bagley of the Vikings, in addition to presentations from Jay Wiener of the Star Tribune, Welch Suggs of the Chronicle of Higher Education and Danny Robbins of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Print, television and radio journalists traveled from Wisconsin, South Dakota and greater Minnesota.
Many thanks go to outgoing Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Ken Doyle, for his hard work and direction, and welcome to Professor Ron Faber, who will take over the role this fall.
Professor Jane Kirtley is quoted in "FOIA: A Little Less Sunshine," in the June 2004 issue of Governing Magazine. The story is available here: http://www.governing.com/archive/2004/jun/foia.txt
Kirtley was quoted in an AP story about releasing transcripts in the Kobe Bryant trial on July 2. The story can be accessed at these sites: http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~29583~2249780,00.html and http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1833481 .
Kirtley is quoted in a July 3 L.A. Daily News about the judge in the Kobe Bryant case attempt to halt leaks of transcripts . The story is available here: http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~29583~2249780,00.html
Kirtley was a guest on MPR's "Midday" on July 14. The topic was "The Media Mea Culpa," discussing recent apologies in the Lexington Herald-Leader and New York Times for omissions and errors in news coverage. The story is available here: http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/programs/midday/
Kirtley was the guest on "Access Minnesota" to discuss freedom of the press and journalistic responsibility in the Internet age. The program was taped on July 27. It airs on Radio K on Sunday mornings, and on various stations throughout Minnesota.
Kirtley was quoted in a July 28 Rocky Mountain News story about the release of an edited transcript in the Kobe Bryant case. The story is available here: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3069873,00.html
Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a presentation on comparative media law systems to 10 visiting journalism educators from Latin America on June 22 in the SJMC Conference Center as part of a workshop on transparency reporting sponsored by the World Press Institute and the Minnesota Journalism Center.
Professor Gary Schwitzer's article, “Twin Cities TV health news: on the road to irrelevance?” was published in the July 2004 edition of Minnesota Health Care News, a publication of Minnesota Physician Publishing, Inc.
On July 16, the Silha Center filed comments on the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation interim final rule on the protection of sensitive security information. Professor Jane E. Kirtley, assisted by Silha Legal Research Assistant Andrew Deutsch, prepared the comments. They can be accessed on the DOT's website, http://www.dot.gov/, TSA-2003-15569-13.
Adjunct Instructor Orientation
Thursday, August 26
*The Digital Media Studio will be set up for Adjunct Instructor photos on the afternoon of August 26. If faculty and staff would like to have a new photo taken (for use on the SJMC web site, Graduate and Undergraduate Handbooks, the Murphy Monthly and Reporter), please stop by the studio after 2:00 p.m.
Graduate Student Orientation
August 30-September 1
Fall Semester starts September 7
“God Willing? Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the “War on Terror,” and the Echoing Press”
A lecture by David Domke
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Washington
Wednesday, September 22
7:00 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center
Free and Open to the Public
Book signing to follow!
New Research for New Media symposium
September 30 - October 2
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia SPAIN
Complete symposium information can be found here.
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19th Annual Silha Lecture featuring Geneva Overholser
Wednesday, October 13,
7:00 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
300 Washington Avenue S.E.
University of Minnesota, East Bank
Free and Open to the Public
"High hopes and dire warnings: In search of a credo for today's journalist"
Geneva Overholser holds the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, for the Missouri School of Journalism, in its Washington bureau. She is a frequent print and broadcast media critic, and writes the weblog “Journalism Junction” at www.poynter.org.
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August 4, 2004