April 2, 2005
The Big Lie? News, Media and the Fiction of Nonfiction
Doheny Memorial Library, 10:00 am | |
USC's Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, University Libraries, Office of the Provost, the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in partnership with USC Annenberg present a daylong conference featuring news professionals, humorists, and novelists examining the intersection of fiction and nonfiction at a time when the boundaries between news and entertainment seem increasingly porous. Featured guests include
Geoffrey Cowan, dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication;
Marjorie Miller, foreign editor, Los Angeles Times;
Judy Muller, ABC News correspondent and National Public Radio commentator;
Richard Stolley, senior editorial adviser, Time, Inc.;
Narda Zacchino, deputy editor, San Francisco Chronicle;
Robert Scheer, syndicated columnist, author, radio host;
Andy Borowitz, comedian, actor, and writer;
Harry Shearer, actor, author, comedian, radio personality;
Marianne Wiggins, novelist. Lunch will be served. Reservations required. To RSVP, write
dmlevent@usc.edu.
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