[Iowa-dx] To Whom It May Concern

[tpfeiff@earthlink.net]

Holly & All,

The following program was put together by yours truly, and may/may not have
relevance to the next newsletter, but thought some on this list might try
to make this event.

Ted Pfeiff
Scott County

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
QUAD CITIES CHAPTER 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2007
 
Contact: Tom Benge, 332-5758
Ted Pfeiff, 332-9203
 
Who needs Broadcast and Print Media for complete and accurate information?
Are they biased and beholden to advertisers, shareholders and owners,
therefore rendering their news coverage suspect? Isn’t the Internet a place
to find the best reporting?
 
Symposium on: “Are Local and National Media Serving Public Interests?”
 
“The reporter is the recorder of government but he is also a participant.
He operates in a system in which power is divided. He as much as
anyone…helps to shape the course of government. He is the indispensable
broker and middleman among the subgovernments of Washington…He can illumine
policy and notably assist in giving it sharpness and clarity; just as
easily, he can prematurely expose policy and, as with an undeveloped film,
cause its destruction. At his worst, operating with arbitrary and faulty
standards, he can be an agent of disorder and confusion. At his best, he
can exert a creative influence on Washington politics.” Douglass Cater, as
quoted by Timothy E. Cook in his book, GOVERNING THE NEWS.
 
Where: Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf/Gilbert Rooms
 
When: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 7:00-8-45 p.m.
 
Who: Alan Sivell, St. Ambrose University. He was a reporter, host, producer
and Assignment Editor for WQAD, and is currently teaching Journalism.
 
Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow, Augustana College. She is an Assistant Professor,
Department of Communications Studies. She was a TV reporter and anchor.
 
Kenda Burrows, Dispatch/Argus. She is the Editorial Page Editor, and has
covered local government and politics.
 
John Beydler, Quad Cities Online, News Editor. He has received the ACLU’s
James P. McGuire Award for Outstanding Achievement in Support of Civil
Liberties.
 
Moderator: Benjamin Franklin. He was a Diplomat, Scientist, Writer,
Inventor, and Printer.
 
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920, and has a history
of defending the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known
universally as the Bill of Rights.
The local Quad Cities Chapter covers civil liberties issues that may come
from Rock Island County, Illinois, and Clinton and Scott Counties in Iowa.
Our website is: http://home.earthlink.net/~tpfeiff/acluqcc
 
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