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29th Edward R. Murrow Symposium
“War and Words: The Challenge for Today’s Journalist”

Can embedded journalists really be impartial? The panel took a critical look at government-assisted coverage of the U.S. war on Iraq.

29TH SYMPOSIUM FACTS

Date	April 16, 2003
Location	Washington State University
Moderator	Peter Bhatia, executive editor, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon. Bhatia is the 2003-04 president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Panelists	Bryan Gruley is an editor/writer/reporter in the Washington bureau of the Wall Street Journal. Peter Kovach is the director of the Office of Public Diplomacy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the former director of the state department’s Foreign Press Centers. Susan Ross is an associate professor of the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication and has done extensive research on free speech, First Amendment implications of antiterrorist initiatives, and coverage of underrepresented groups in the media. Danny Schechter is a former CNN producer and producer for ABC’s “20/20.” The winner of two National News Emmys, Schechter writes and speaks on media issues. He is executive editor of MediaChannel.org and co-founder and executive producer of Globalvision. Dale Leach was the Associated Press bureau chief for Washington at the time of the symposium and is the newly named AP bureau chief for Texas.

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