Gateway Journalism Review event to discuss “Ferguson and the Media”

Mar 5, 2015 by jgordon@unitedmediaguild.org

The Gateway Journalism Review is sponsoring an event of interest to journalists — and all citizens, for that matter — in later this month in St. Louis.

Veteran broadcast journalist Michel Martin will discuss the events of Ferguson and the media coverage of those events March 19. The GJR notes that Martin has reported for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and was host of NPR’s “Tell Me More.” She recently has reported on voting rights and racial justice issues.

The dinner and program will be from 6 to 10 p.m. at Edward Jones Inc.’s corporate headquarters at 12555 Manchester Road and I-270. Cost is $150 per person. It will be the Fourth Annual First Amendment Celebration sponsored by the Gateway Journalism Review, successor to the St. Louis Journalism Review.

To attend, call Sherida Evans at 618-453-3262; or email Sherida @ siu.edu. USPS: Sherida Evans, Mailcode 6601, School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Il. 62901.