OXFORD, Miss. – Richard Stengel of TIME and William Morris
IV of Morris Communications Company are among more than a
dozen prominent journalists slated to participate in
Journalism Week April 21-28 at the University of
Mississippi.
“Education, especially journalism education, cannot be
taught in a vacuum,” said Samir Husni, chair of journalism.
“It is important to our program to bring top media
professionals to our students. Everything we’re doing is
what’s best for our students, it’s that simple.”
The public is also welcome to attend all of the week’s
events at no charge.
Stengel, managing editor of TIME, kicks off the week as
speaker for the third annual Stuart J. Bullion Lecture in
Journalism at 9 a.m. Monday in Overby Center Auditorium.
Named managing editor in May 2006, Stengel oversees the
world’s largest weekly news magazine, with 27 million
readers worldwide; Time.com, which draws more than 5
million visitors a month; and Time’s other brand
extensions, including Time Style & Design and Time for
Kids.
Morris, president of his company, delivers the week’s
keynote address at 9 a.m. Friday in the Overby Center
Auditorium. Morris Communications is a holding company that
oversees newspapers, outdoor advertising and broadcasting.
Its Morris Publishing Group runs about a dozen daily
newspapers in some 10 states, including The Augusta
Chronicle (Georgia) and The Florida Times-Union
(Jacksonville, Fla.).
“Journalism Week is about introducing the industry’s
leaders, movers and shakers to our students; it’s about
introducing our students to as many professionals as
possible,” Husni said. “Charles Overby once said, ‘It’s no
longer who you know’ in business, it’s ‘who knows you.’
When our students write for internships, they can address
an individual who knows them, not ‘to whom it many
concern.'”
Other Journalism Week guest presenters include Bill Bayne,
reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, who is slated
to speak at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Farley Hall, room 126.
Wright Thompson, senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The
Magazine, speaks at 9 a.m. Wednesday, in the Overby
auditorium, and Scott Coopwood, publisher and owner of
Delta Magazine, follows with a speech at noon in Farley
Hall, room 125.
On Thursday, Donna Ladd, editor and founder of Jackson
(Miss.) Free Press, and Garthia Elenda Burnett, assistant
news director of the Commercial Dispatch (Columbus), speak
at 11 a.m. in Farley Hall, Room 233. Following at 1 p.m.,
Ladd speaks in Farley, Room 138, and Rose Jackson Flenorl,
manager of social responsibility at FedEx, speaks in
Farley, Room 202.
Joshua Wolf, freelance journalist, filmmaker and video
blogger, concludes Journalism Week at noon Monday (April
28) in Farley Hall, Room 125.
Wolf was jailed by a Federal District Court in August 2006
for refusing to turn over a collection of videotapes he
recorded during a July 2005 demonstration in San Francisco.
Wolf served more than 200 days at the Federal Correctional
Institution in Dublin, Calif., longer than any other
journalist in U.S. history has served for protecting source
materials. Wolf also participates in a panel discussion
with Ole Miss journalism faculty at 4 p.m. in the Overby
Center Auditorium.
For more information or for assistance related to a
disability, call 662-915-7147. To learn more about
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