From Our Archive
Feb. 3, 1999
Scripps Howard
Foundation hosts
roundtable on media credibility
CINCINNATI -- A panel of
distinguished media professionals will discuss the issue of
media credibility during a national roundtable at Cincinnati’s
Aronoff Center on Saturday, Feb. 20.
The National
Roundtable, sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation and
moderated by newswoman Judy Woodruff of the Cable News
Network, is open to the public, free of charge. Tickets
are required for
admission and may be obtained from the Aronoff Center box
office or by contacting the Aronoff at (513) 241-7469. The
roundtable also can be seen live on the Internet
starting at 7
p.m. (EST) at www.scripps.com/foundation.
"In this day of
high-speed, news feeding frenzies, the credibility of
mainstream media is coming under increasing scrutiny, and
perhaps for good reason," said Judith G. Clabes, president
and CEO of
the Foundation. "The lines separating mainstream newspapers
from the grocery store tabloids have blurred; and there have
been some embarrassing, high profile gaffes that are
difficult to
defend. The roundtable will provide an open forum for leaders
of the industry to seriously and frankly discuss what some
media critics say is a growing climate of distrust."
Roundtable
participants include:
Louis D.
Boccardi, president and CEO of The Associated Press;
Colleen Conant, executive editor and
publisher of the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.; Clyde
Gray, news anchor, WCPO-TV, Cincinnati; Karla
Garrett Harshaw, editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun;
and Mike Jacobs, editor and vice president,
Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald.
Other
participants include, Jane E. Kirtley,
executive director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the
Press; Gregory L. Moore, managing editor, The
Boston Globe; Mike Phillips, publisher, The Sun,
Bremerton, Wash.; Larry
Speakes, former press secretary to President
Ronald Reagan; and William G. Moll, president
and general manager of WKRC-TV, Cincinnati.
A videotape of the
roundtable discussion will be made available to college and
university schools of journalism, to libraries, and to
organizations interested in media issues.
Dedicated to
excellence in journalism, the Scripps Howard Foundation is a
leader in industry efforts in journalism education,
scholarships, internships, literacy, minority recruitment/development
and First Amendment causes.
Contact: Patty Cottingham, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3847, cottingham@scripps.com