Former NY Times Reporter on Campus
Pulitzer-Prize winner Judith Miller, former investigative reporter for The New York Times, will be on campus on Wednesday, November 7, as part of the first two programs in the Government Accountability and a Free Press Project.
The project is a series of events designed to explore legal, ethical, and practical political and policy issues that may arise as members of the press engage in investigative reporting that is intended to uncover less-than-transparent government conduct. The event will start with a luncheon featuring Charles Lewis, president of The Fund for Independence in Journalism, and other panel members.
A panel discussion featuring Miller will be held in the Studio Theatre of the PAC at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required.
In July 2005, Miller was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the source of a leak outing Valerie Plame as a covert CIA agent. Because of this, she spent 85 days in jail, twice as long as any American reporter has ever been confined for protecting a confidential source.
Bill Wheelhouse, general manager of WUIS, will be moderating the event. To obtain tickets for the evening program, call the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office at 206-6160. If you can't attend the program, you can watch a live webcast by going to www.uis.edu/technology/uislive.html at the time of the event.
The project is a series of events designed to explore legal, ethical, and practical political and policy issues that may arise as members of the press engage in investigative reporting that is intended to uncover less-than-transparent government conduct. The event will start with a luncheon featuring Charles Lewis, president of The Fund for Independence in Journalism, and other panel members.
A panel discussion featuring Miller will be held in the Studio Theatre of the PAC at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required.
In July 2005, Miller was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the source of a leak outing Valerie Plame as a covert CIA agent. Because of this, she spent 85 days in jail, twice as long as any American reporter has ever been confined for protecting a confidential source.
Bill Wheelhouse, general manager of WUIS, will be moderating the event. To obtain tickets for the evening program, call the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office at 206-6160. If you can't attend the program, you can watch a live webcast by going to www.uis.edu/technology/uislive.html at the time of the event.
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