Journalists Discuss Coverage of Trauma
Award-winning journalists will discuss the
techniques, hazards and rewards of covering the most difficult stories
of our time when they gather in Shoemaker 2102 beginning at 2 p.m. Nov. 19.
November 9, 2007
Journalists Recall Legacy of Shirley Povich
Five of the nation’s top journalists, sports reporters and TV personalities gathered at the University of Maryland last night for the second annual Shirley Povich Symposium, sponsored by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.More than 250 people were in the audience as former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, columnist and ESPN host Michael Wilbon, Post columnist Sally Jenkins, ESPN’s Kevin Blackistone and TV’s Maury Povich, the son of the symposium’s namesake, discussed the legacy of Shirley Povich. The Washington Post sports writer and columnist was one of American sports’ most influential voices through an extraordinary 75-year career.
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