UW-River Falls to Host Panel Discussion on the State of the Local News Media

September 30, 2013— Each semester the UW-River Falls Journalism Department sponsors the Working Journalists seminar for students and the public. This semester, a panel of media professionals will discuss the "State of the Local News Media" on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. in 120 South Hall. Admission is free. 

Panelists will include Rich Kremer, WPR reporter and host; Eric Black, political writer for the online newspaper, MinnPost; Steve Dzubay, RiverTowns Newspaper Group publisher; and KARE-TV Assistant News Director Stacey Nogy. 

Andris Straumanis, associate journalism professor at UWRF, will moderate the discussion. 

For more information, contact Sandra Ellis, professor and chair of the Journalism Department at 715-425-3169 or sandra.ellis@uwrf.edu.