NPR’s ‘On the Media’ co-host Brooke Gladstone
to speak at Goshen College March 16
Lecture: Yoder Public Affairs Lecture – “The future
of the news” by Brooke Gladstone
Date and time: Thursday, March 16, 2006 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Goshen College Church-Chapel
Cost: Free and open to the public
Web site: www.goshen.edu/communication/tunedout
GOSHEN, Ind. – Every week, broadcast journalist Brooke
Gladstone asks questions like: “How do you keep the
Washington press corps honest?”; “Is television
coarsening our culture?”; “What is the reality of
reality television?” and “How did the media do at
covering Hurricane Katrina?” As co-host and managing editor
of National Public Radio’s “On the Media,”
Gladstone’s role is to offer opportunities for exploration,
critique and probing of the work of media.
Gladstone will share her expertise and experiences at Goshen
College at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, in the Yoder Public
Affairs Lecture on “The future of the news” in the
college’s Church-Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the
public; a reception will follow.
Gladstone started out as a print reporter and editor in
Washington, D.C., and then moved into radio in 1987 when she became
senior editor of NPR’s “Weekend Edition with Scott
Simon” and then moved on to the post of senior editor at the
media organization’s daily news magazine “All Things
Considered.” She became NPR’s first media reporter and
after six years at that post, she moved to “On the
Media,” produced at WNYC in New York City. “On the
Media” received a Peabody Award in 2005 and is heard by
nearly a million listeners across the country each week, including
those in Michiana who tune into WVPE 88.1 FM on Sundays at 6
p.m.
The media expert’s visit to Goshen is in conjunction with
the daylong conference, “Tuned Out? Youth and the future of
news media,” on March 17, hosted by the Goshen College
Communication Department. David Mindich, professor and chair of the
journalism department at Saint Michael’s College in
Colchester, Vt., will deliver the conference’s keynote
address. He wrote the book “Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40
Don't Follow the News” (Oxford University Press,
2005).
The lecture is sponsored by the Goshen College Yoder Public
Affairs Lecture Committee. The Yoder Public Affairs Lecture Series
began in 1978 when Frank and Betty Jo Yoder of Goshen created an
endowed lectureship to enable faculty, students and community
members to hear widely known speakers address current
issues.
Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an
interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau
Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.
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Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite
tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values –
passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking
and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the
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“America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named
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