Mark Your Calendar for Free SPJ Event

By on January 17th, 2008 In Media, Professional Development

The Valley of the Sun chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU present “Breaking Barriers: Women Leaders in News.”

Where: ASU’s Katzin Concert Hall, Music Building (Mill Ave. and Gammage Pkwy)
When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11
Cost: Free
Details: www.spj.org/arizona  

Meet the women who struggled to break through the glass ceiling in journalism decades ago. Hear about the challenges they faced then and still face in their careers today. Introduction by Athia Hardt, first female president of the Valley of the Sun chapter of SPJ.

Panelists include:

  • Julia Wallace, first female editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Ellen Soeteber, former top editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • Catherine Anaya, Emmy Award-winning journalist/anchor, KPHO-TV
  • Susan Green, broadcast director of the Cronkite News Service at ASU

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