Ponce to host panel on Obama vs. Romney at Loyola
Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on July 26, 2012
Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication and WTTW’s Phil Ponce present:
Bridging the Great Divide
Partisan Politics, the Press and the Modern Presidential Campaign
Chicago Tonight anchor Phil Ponce and a panel of distinguished journalists and commentators will discuss the increasingly contentious 2012 Presidential Campaign at a forum titled, Bridging the Great Divide: Partisan Politics, the Press and the Modern Presidential Campaign at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Loyola University Chicago’s downtown Water Tower Campus.
Among the issues to be explored:
How relevant are “objective” media outlets during this campaign? Is “objective” coverage now the exception? Is the proliferation of partisan outlets good, bad, or simply a fact of life? How have the partisan corners of the media landscape affected the way this presidential campaign is being run? To what extent do news consumers sample media venues whose politics differ from their own?
Ponce hosts the news affairs program, Chicago Tonight, on WTTW-11 and is a Distinguished Professional in Residence in Loyola’s School of Communication. In addition to teaching at Loyola, Ponce hosts an annual fall forum exploring critical issues in journalism.
The forum will be held from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Loyola’s Water Tower Campus in Kasbeer Hall, on the 15th Floor of Corboy Law Center, 25 E. Pearson Street. Admission is free and open to the public, and there will be complimentary food and refreshments. The event is sponsored by the School of Communication.
A campus map is available at: http://www.luc.edu/values/campus/vt_watertower.html
The event also will have a live Twitter feed at: www.twitter.com/loyoladispatch
For more information, contact John Slania, Loyola’s Journalism Program Director, at 312 915-6524 or jslania@luc.edu
