The discussion centers on the how deregulation and consolidation have affected the United States’ local media outlets. The panel will include Robert Shrum, a senior fellow at the Wagner school who was senior advisor to the Kerry and Gore presidential campaigns, NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen, and NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg.
New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will host “Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media,” on Tues., Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m. at Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, Second Floor Conference Room. Subway lines: 6 (Bleeker Street); N/R (Prince Street); B, D, F, V, (Lafayette Street).
The discussion centers on the how deregulation and consolidation have affected the United States’ local media outlets and coincides with the release of Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media (Metropolitan Books) by NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg, one of the panel’s participants. The panel will also include Robert Shrum, a senior fellow at the Wagner school who was senior advisor to the Kerry and Gore presidential campaigns, and NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen, who writes the media blog PressThink.org.
The event is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.7484 for more information. RSVP at http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/fightingforair.php. Reporters interested in attending may contact James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.