"Democracy and the Uninformed Community" Journalism Symposium
4-6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29
Opening Keynote Remarks by Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Panel Discussion on The Future of American Journalism
Panelists:
- Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Editing, 2009-2010 Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow, Missouri School of Journalism
- Vicki Russell, Associate Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
- Kerri Yost, Assistant Professor, Stephens College Department of Film and Media
- Rachel Gaynes, Editor-in-Chief, Stephens Life (Moderator)
Bio: Alberto Ibargüen
Alberto Ibargüen is president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The foundation is a leading supporter of journalism in the new media age, and of civic advancement in U.S. communities.
Previously, he was publisher of The Miami Herald and of El Nuevo Herald. During his tenure, The Miami Herald won three Pulitzer Prizes and El Nuevo Herald won Spain’s Ortega y Gasset Prize for excellence in journalism.
Mr. Ibargüen graduated from Wesleyan University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela’s Amazon territory and later in Colombia as programming and training director. He practiced law in Hartford before entering the newspaper business at The Hartford Courant and later at Newsday in New York.
Mr. Ibargüen is chair of the board of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., and of the World Wide Web Foundation. He is on the boards of PepsiCo, American Airlines and ProPublica.
Over the years, he has served a variety of educational and arts organizations, including as chair of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and on the boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, Wesleyan University, Smith College and the University of Miami, and on the advisory committee of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the National Gallery of Art Trustees Council.
For his work to protect journalists in Latin America, Mr. Ibargüen received a Maria Moors Cabot citation from Columbia University and an honorary doctorate from The George Washington University.
