We're hosting an event this Wednesday to kickoff the Public Editor program. Alicia Shepard, the ombudsman (read: the Jeremy) for NPR, will be coming to speak at a lunch event we've put together. She keeps a neat blog here and ought to be a very compelling speaker. Plus there's free food! Here's the info:
Who Watches the Watchmen? Contemporary issues in Journalism Wednesday 2/25, 12-1:30 pm Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room
And the TuftsLife write up:
Come celebrate the launch of the Tufts Public Editor program with National Public Radio's ombudsman Alicia C. Shepard! Food will be served.The Media Advocacy Board at Tufts University is proud to announce the rollout of our Public Editor program, one of the the first at an undergraduate university in the country. Tufts' new Public Editor will serve as an ombudsman, offering a regular critique and commentary on student media issues.
Jeremy White, a senior at Tufts will be Tufts' first Public Editor. You can find his blog and regular column at http://ase.tufts.edu/publiceditor.
To celebrate the Public Editor program's launch, Alicia C. Shepard, the ombudsman for National Public Radio, will be at Tufts to speak on issues in journalistic ethics on Wednesday, February 25. Please join us at noon in the Sophia Gordon multipurpose room for a lecture and refreshments.