HONOLULU (Oct. 9) – Longtime Washington Post White House correspondent, nationally syndicated columnist and acclaimed Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon will present a free public lecture in Honolulu on Oct. 20 on the current state of turmoil in America’s news media.
Cannon will be delivering his East-West Center address, titled “ Journalism on the Brink? – The Decline of Newspapers, the Rise of the Internet and the Trivialization of Political Coverage,” as the Center’s 2008 George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism.
The program begins at 5 p.m. on Monday Oct. 20 at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road), with a reception to follow Cannon’s address. The event is open to the public free of charge, although reservations are requested by calling (808) 944-7111 or by email at: ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org. Parking is available on the UH Manoa campus for $3.
For advance press interviews or media coverage of the event, please contact Derek Ferrar at (808) 944-7204 or via email at ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Note: High-resolution press photos are available on request.
Widely known for his many years as a syndicated columnist and White House correspondent, Lou Cannon is also considered the premier biographer of the late President Ronald Reagan. His five Reagan biographies include the acclaimed President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime. His latest book, written with his son Carl, is Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy . Cannon is now a freelance writer who lectures on the presidency, police issues, the media and California politics.
The George Chaplin Fellowship in Distinguished Journalism was established in 1986 by a DFS-Hawaii grant to the East-West Center to honor the leadership and ideals of longtime Honolulu AdvertiserEditor-in-Chief George Chaplin. Chaplin Fellows are chosen for their significant contributions to journalism and the principles exemplified by the late Mr. Chaplin, who was an early advocate of international business and cultural exchange, co-founder of the East-West Center's Jefferson Fellowships for journalists, and a member of the Center’s Board of Governors for nine years, including five as chairman.
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