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John,

That sounds like something worthwhile and interesting to attend. And what do you know? I'm done with finals after this weekend!

I think I'll hit that conference up as well. I'm surprised the Comm. College didn't push that information out to us, or at least I don't remember seeing any advertisements for it.

No, you won't find anyone remotely conservative with this group or even a differing opinion amongst the panelists. This is from the U of I news release. Seymour Hersh is the "star" journalist. enjoy???

* Roberta Baskin, executive director of the Center for Public
Integrity, and an investigative journalist who has worked for "20/20"
and "Now With Bill Moyers."

* Phil Donahue, host of "The Phil Donahue Show," a television talk
show that ran from 1967 to 1996.

* Bill Fletcher Jr., the president and CEO of TransAfrica Forum, and
a former executive with the AFL-CIO.

* Linda Foley, the president of the Newspaper Guild.

* Danny Goldberg, the CEO of Air America Radio, a liberal talk-radio
network, and a former chairman and CEO of Artemis Records.

* Amy Goodman, the host of Pacifica Network's "Democracy Now!" news
program, and co-author of the book "The Exception to the Rulers:
Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love
Them."

* Len Hill, a veteran movie producer who has become a major figure in
the battle to preserve an independent production sector in Hollywood.

* Paul Jay, a documentary filmmaker and founder of Independent World
Television, a global news network seeking to begin broadcasting in
2007.

* Naomi Klein, a columnist for The Nation magazine and the author of
"No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies."

* John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation and
co-author, with McChesney, of "Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic
Struggle Against Corporate Media."

* U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, a member of the Progressive
Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, and an advocate for
media reform.

* Orville Schell, the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at
the University of California at Berkley, and a frequent correspondent
for "Frontline," a PBS program.

* Ben Scott, policy director for Free Press, an organization founded
by McChesney in 2002 to advocate for public awareness and
participation in media policy and reform.

* Dennis Swanson, CEO of Viacom Television Stations Group, and
formerly president of ABC Sports and general manager of WLS-TV in
Chicago.

The schedule of panel discussions and the panelists:

Tuesday, May 10, Foellinger Auditorium
7:30-9:30 p.m. - Goodman, Klein and Sanders

Wednesday, May 11, Festival Theater, Krannert Center for the Performing
Arts
9-10:30 a.m. - Foley, Hersh, Nichols and Schell
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Donahue, Hill and Klein
1:45-3:15 p.m. - Baskin, Goldberg, Jay and Swanson
3:30-5 p.m. - Fletcher, Goodman and Scott

McChesney said another purpose of the conference is to build linkages
not only among the media scholars attending the event, but among
scholars, activists, policy-makers and journalists. "We hope we can
begin to break down the barrier between the academy and the
policy-making realm," he said.

For updates or additional information, visit www.iimpr.org.

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