[Past Event] State of Journalism Today: A Newspaperman's Perspective | MPC
Course Description:Reg Henry, former editor of the Monterey Herald, has seen the profession at its peak and witnessed its startling decline, which can be measured not only in falling readership and viewership but also in the denigration of those who carry on the craft. How did the once proud Fourth Estate fall so low? Was it inevitable? Can journalism be revised to serve the mission that Thomas Jefferson believed was vital to the health of a democratic republic? |
Tuition: $0.00 Additional Fees: $0.00 |
Day/Time
Wednesday, Oct. 2 *1:30 - 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)
Location
All lectures will be held in Lecture Forum 103 at Monterey Peninsula College from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Free - All Welcome. Parking is $3.
Facilitator:
Reg Henry spent 45 years as a journalist in Australia, Great Britain and the United States. He was the editor of the "Monterey Herald" from 1988-1993, and currently is the editor of Point Lobos Magazine. His novel, "Love in the Late Edition," was published in 2020.