2008 Woodie Awards
Award-winning journalists discuss election at MTSU
Walter Mears, Candy Crowley, Bill Kovach and John Seigenthaler will hold discussion panels on Oct. 8 in the Keathley University Center Theater
Staff Reports
Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: News
Award-winning and nationally recognized journalists will discuss the presidential election in the Keathley University Center Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
"History in the Making: Press Coverage of the Presidential Campaign" is the fourth event in the yearlong series of events, sponsored by the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies that will analyze the presidential election.
The event is free and open to the public.
Walter Mears will present a lecture entitled "On the Campaign Trail: 48 Years of Covering Presidential Politics" at 10:30 a.m.
During his career, Mears covered 11 presidential campaigns. During Mears 45 year career with the Associated Press, he was a national political reporter, Washington bureau chief, executive editor, vice president and a columnist.
Mears won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1977 for his coverage of the presidential campaign in 1976.
A panel titled "The Morning After: Who Won the Presidential Debates?" will discuss Tuesday night's events at the presidential debates at Belmont University in Nashville.
At 11:30 a.m. Mears will be joined by Bill Kovach, John Mashek and John Seigenthaler to form a panel titled "The Morning After: Who Won the Presidential Debates?"
Beverly Keel, the director of the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence will moderate the panel.
Kovach, who has been a journalist for more than 50 years, is the founding director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Kovach is also a former Washington Bureau Chief of The New York Times, editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and curator of the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University.
Kovach is also the co-author of two books "The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect" and "Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media."
Mashek, an active journalist for 40 years, covered every presidential campaign from 1964 until 1992. He began as a reporter for The Dallas Morning News in 1955. Mashek ended his career as the national political correspondent in Washington for the Boston Globe in 1995.
"History in the Making: Press Coverage of the Presidential Campaign" is the fourth event in the yearlong series of events, sponsored by the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies that will analyze the presidential election.
The event is free and open to the public.
Walter Mears will present a lecture entitled "On the Campaign Trail: 48 Years of Covering Presidential Politics" at 10:30 a.m.
During his career, Mears covered 11 presidential campaigns. During Mears 45 year career with the Associated Press, he was a national political reporter, Washington bureau chief, executive editor, vice president and a columnist.
Mears won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1977 for his coverage of the presidential campaign in 1976.
A panel titled "The Morning After: Who Won the Presidential Debates?" will discuss Tuesday night's events at the presidential debates at Belmont University in Nashville.
At 11:30 a.m. Mears will be joined by Bill Kovach, John Mashek and John Seigenthaler to form a panel titled "The Morning After: Who Won the Presidential Debates?"
Beverly Keel, the director of the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence will moderate the panel.
Kovach, who has been a journalist for more than 50 years, is the founding director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Kovach is also a former Washington Bureau Chief of The New York Times, editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and curator of the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University.
Kovach is also the co-author of two books "The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect" and "Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media."
Mashek, an active journalist for 40 years, covered every presidential campaign from 1964 until 1992. He began as a reporter for The Dallas Morning News in 1955. Mashek ended his career as the national political correspondent in Washington for the Boston Globe in 1995.
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