FSU, Village Square events host CNBC’s John Harwood; focus on future of journalism
For Immediate Release
February 2, 2012
TWO EVENTS FOCUS ON CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
CNBC’s John Harwood to speak at Florida State University and The Village Square;joined by leaders in Florida’s media landscape
(TALLAHASSEE, FL) – February 2, 2012 – In just a few short years, everything has changed about how we get our information, and John Harwood, CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent, is coming to Tallahassee to talk about it. Harwood will share his views on the changes, challenges and future of journalism as the featured speaker at two February 7 events in Tallahassee.
Not long ago, a few nightly news broadcasts and our local newspaper provided the grist for the American conversation of democracy. Now, newspapers are struggling to survive amidst an overwhelming volume of information literally at our fingertips. A highly fragmented media environment has allowed Americans more choices in news content than ever before – with people naturally gravitating to sources that share their political opinions – giving rise to clusters of likeminded thinking and concerns about decreasing objectivity.
On Tuesday, February 7, Harwood will address these issues first at Florida State University’s lecture on “Fragmented Politics, Fragmented Media: Challenges to American Journalism.” He will speak as a part of the FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy Laird B. Anderson and Florence H. Ashby Lectureship on Public Policy Journalism. The lecture is from 3:30 to 4:45 pm at the Broad Auditorium at the Claude Pepper Center, 636 West Call Street, on the FSU campus. It is free and open to the public. Free parking will be available at the top level of the parking garage at the corner of Call and Macomb Streets.
Later that evening, Harwood will join a panel of journalism leaders in Florida for “Media Wars: The Future of How (and What) We Know,” part of The Village Square’s “Dinner at the Square” series. Panelists include Tampa Bay Times Editor Neil Brown; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lucy Morgan; Florida A & M Professor and Knight Chair in Journalism Joe Ritchie; and Justin Sayfie, publisher of Sayfie Review. Former editor of Congressional Quarterly, Neil Skene, will moderate the discussion. The event is sold out but is open to the media.
For more information, go online to www.tothevillagesquare.org or call 850-264-8785.
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I listened to John Harwood today at FSU and it was informative and refreshing. I wish our world could be more informed, regardless of the disposition. I feel our country is so out of touch with the reality of the world. We have been on top too long and perhaps become too complaisant. I have thought this for a long time.