Journalism Panel Discussion March 29
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Five journalists will present “Speaking Truth to Power: The Future of Journalism in a Post-Truth, Fake News World,” a panel discussion hosted by the University of the South. The event will be at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, in Convocation Hall. The public is invited.
Panel participants are Michael Cass, Allan Holmes, Paul Reyes, Neil Shea and Emily Siner.
Cass, currently the communications adviser and speechwriter for Mayor Megan Barry in Nashville, covered politics as a reporter for the Tennessean for 15 years; Holmes is the project manager for business and politics at the Center for Public Integrity; Paul Reyes is the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review; Neil Shea, who teaches nonfiction at Sewanee’s School of letters, writes for National Geographic, American Scholar and the Virginia Quarterly Review, among others; and Emily Siner is a reporter and assistant news director for Nashville Public Radio.
The panelists will speak about the current crisis in journalism and the necessity of maintaining the integrity of the Fourth Estate, and will discuss the possible future of the media as well as their own views about what news is most significant right now.
The discussion is sponsored by the Departments of English, Politics, History, and American Studies; the Center for Speaking and Listening; the Center for Teaching; the School of Letters; University Lectures Committee; the Sewanee Review; Career and Leadership Development; the Office of the Dean of the College; and The Sewanee Purple.