Wednesday, December 13. 1867
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Journalists to discuss role of mass media
Seven leading journalists, including six former William Allen White Foundation lecturers and citees, have accepted invitations to serve as critic-commentators during the William Allen White centennial seminar in April.
Serving as discussants for the April 28-30 seminar on "The Role of the Mass Media in a Free Society" will be these former cites:
- Erwin D. Canham, editor-in-chief of the Christian Sciences Monitor.
- Ben Hibbs, retired editor of the Saturday Evening Post and contributing editor for the Reader's Digest.
- Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of the Denver Post.
- Norman Isaacs, executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
- Ernest K. Lindley, special assistant to the secretary of state and former chief of Newsweek's Washington bureau.
- Paul Miller, president of the Gannett Newspapers and the Associated Press.
Also serving as critic-commentator will be Russell Lynes, former managing editor and now a contributing editor for Harper's magazine.
Other top spokesmen from the fields of mass communications will be added to the list to discuss each major seminar lecture.
Four of seven major speakers for the event commemorating the 100th anniversary of William Allen White already have been named.
Two Month Flight . . . Leaves June 13—Return Aug. 14. New York to Paris $270. Chairman, Craig Crago
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