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Media in Asia
The USC Annenberg School and the Luce Foundation presents a panel of former Luce Scholars to discuss the current trends of media in Asia.
When:
April 8, 2010 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Where
For the past 35 years, the Luce Scholars Program has been one strategy that the Henry Luce Foundation has pursued to increase Americans’ understanding of East and Southeast Asia. Each year, Luce sends 15 to 18 young Americans, nominated by their colleges and universities for their promise of leadership, for professional placements in disciplines including journalism, education, medicine, law, human rights, development, arts, environmental studies and business. Luce is proud th thte program’s 572 alums bring their rich cultural learning in Asia to their leadership in diverse arenas.
To address current issues in Asia, the Luce Foundation has launched a series of seminars, drawing on the expertise of our former Luce Scholars. I am pleased to invite you to the next seminar, focusing on Media in Asia Today, at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The seminar will take place on Thursday evening, April 8, from 5:15-6:45 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annenberg School, followed by a reception in the Annenberg School’s East Lobby.
The seminar on April 8 will feature five Luce Scholars as panelists and moderator; representing all four decades of the program, they were placed in Korea, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and the Philippines:
• John Marcom (LS 1979-1989) is president of Future US, and formerly Yahoo’s senior vice present for international cooperation; earlier he was president of Financial Times Americas and Time Inc. International.
• John Bussey (LS 1982-1983) is The Wall Street Journal’s Washington DC bureau chief, and formerly was editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
• Becky Mowbray (LS 1996-1997) is a reporter for the Times-Picayune and part of the team that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service and for Breaking News.
• Alexis Chiu (LS 2004-2005) is a senior writer for People magazine and People.com.
• Missie Rennie Taylor (LS 1975-76), the moderator, is a media consultant whose experience in television includes 24 years with CBS news programs; her work received eight Emmy awards and a Peabody award.
Please reply to Michelle Douenias at douenias@hluce.org or by phone to 212-489-7700 by April 5th.
Cost:
RSVP required by April 5, 2010
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