Kansas City Star Dead-Tree Scribe Shares Words Of Wisdom

Here's a guide to an upcoming no-cost talk that might help us sort out what's happening behind the closed doors of a quickly fading newspaper . . .

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"Melinda Henneberger, the newspaper’s vice president and editorial page editor, will speak via Zoom in conversation with John Shaw, institute director, at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. Topics will include Henneberger’s notable journalistic career and the challenges facing the American news media — especially newspapers. They will also discuss the role of the press in chronicling the life of a community and explaining and analyzing public policy."

The event is free and open to the public.

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Kansas City Star editor to discuss news media's challenges

CARBONDALE, Ill. - Melinda Henneberger, the Kansas City Star's opinion page editor, will discuss the state of the American news media in a virtual event next week hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Henneberger, the newspaper's vice president and editorial page editor, will speak via Zoom in conversation with John Shaw, institute director, at 3 p.m.