January 25, 2006
Rumors, Mistakes and Misinformation: Covering Breaking News Annenberg Room 207, 7:00 pm | |
USC Annenberg and the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the
Society of Professional Journalists present a discussion on the challenges and risks of reporting news as it breaks, including the Sago mine tragedy. Guests include journalism school director
Michael Parks; Los Angeles Police Department spokesman
Lt. Paul Vernon;
Frank Baker, assistant Los Angeles bureau chief, Associated Press;
Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times national correspondent;
Jim Hattendorf, assistant news director for KCBS-TV (Ch. 2) and KCAL-TV (Ch. 9); and
Anita Vogel, Fox News Los Angeles correspondent. The discussion will be moderated by
Larry Mantle, host of KPCC's
Airtalk with Larry Mantle. The panel will be recorded for broadcast on KPCC-FM.
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