Executives, journalists explore future of public broadcasting, 9 am April 26

Broadcast executives, journalists and researchers will explore the future of public broadcasting networks and stations at the 2011 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26.

The event, The Future of Public Broadcasting: Innovating to Connect Communities, will run until noon. Register by contacting Jackie Lewandowski ([email protected], 202.662.7155).

Speakers include Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor, PBS NewsHour; Paula Kerger, president and CEO, PBS; Patrick Butler, president and CEO, Association of Public Television Stations; Tom Rosenstiel, founder and director, Project for Excellence in Journalism; Bill King, CEO, American Public Media; Dean Mills, dean, Missouri School of Journalism. The event will be moderated by Barbara Cochran, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism.

The panel will discuss how public broadcasting is facing the most serious threat to federal funding in its 44-year history. It will illustrate how leaders are confronting the resource challenge and how journalists are innovating to adapt to the 21st century media landscape.

Other participants include leaders from NPR; PBS NewsHour; WAMU-FM, Washington, D.C.; KBIA-FM, Columbia, Mo.; Minnesota Public Radio; and WNET-TV, New York.

The event is sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism and The Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club.