[Iowa-dx] To Whom It May Concern

[hhart@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]

thanks.

No, I haven't forgotten abotu doign the newsletter, andhave a few =20
items on hand!  If you have somethingyou want to include, please send =20
it to me by this weekend, adn Iwill work to get the newsletter out =20
next week.

Holly

Quoting "tpfeiff@earthlink.net" <tpfeiff@earthlink.net>:

>
> Holly & All,
>
> The following program was put together by yours truly, and may/may not hav=
e
> 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=92t the Internet a pl=
ace
> to find the best reporting?
>
> Symposium on: =93Are Local and National Media Serving Public Interests?=94
>
> =93The 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=85helps to shape the course of government. He is the indispensable
> broker and middleman among the subgovernments of Washington=85He can illum=
ine
> 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.=94 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, produce=
r
> 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=92=
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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