The Future of the News
March 3, 2016
The Future of the News
James Banhardt Student Activity Center, Salons AB
UNCC Main Campus, April 25, 2016 – 7pm – 9:30pm
Who will report the news, how will readers get it, and what will that mean for a rapidly diversifying America? Join featured speaker Tim Grieve, Head of News Strategies for Washington-based McClatchy and panelists Rick Thames, Editor/VP News for The Charlotte Observer, Joe O’Connor WFAE President and Julie Szulczewski, News Director at CMG Charlotte (WSOC-TV/WAXN-TV/wsoctv.com) in a discussion moderated by Ed Williams, former editor of The Charlotte Observer (Pulitzer Prizes in Public Service, 1981 and 1988) about how they see the news evolving over the next 10 years and what these profession’s forecasters see as the challenges and opportunities ahead.