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TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism hosted sixth annual Schieffer Symposium




Fort Worth, TX

3/8/2010


TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism held its sixth annual Schieffer Symposium on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. in TCU’s Ed Landreth Auditorium. Bob Schieffer, CBS’ Face the Nation moderator, CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent, and 1959 TCU graduate hosted this year's Symposium, titled "A Gridlocked Congress and an Angry Public: What Now is the Role of the Media?"

Panelists included Ann Curry, co-anchor of Dateline NBC and news anchor of Today show; Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times; Michael Eisner, former chairman of The Walt Disney Company and current CEO of The Tornante Company; and William Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard.