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 New
York, NY – August 20,
2008 Samuel Freedman,
a New York Times Columnist
and a professor at Columbia
University Graduate School
of Journalism, spoke to students
attending the Congressional
Student Leadership Conference
on Media & Journalism.
The teen leadership conference
is sponsored by LeadAmerica.
Professor Freedman spoke
to the group of aspiring
journalists about the challenges
facing them and the profession.
In his talk, titled “21st
Century Challenges to Journalists
and Journalism”,
he spoke about the effects
of the media climate on young
journalists. “There
is a real concern among journalists
about where the next generation
is coming from and how it
will learn journalistic ethics,” said
Freedman. “These are
young people who are growing
up in a really different
media climate that’s
much more dominated by opinion
journalism and blogging and
talk radio.” Students
attending the CSLC program
learned about the fields
of media and journalism and
career paths they might pursue.
They met leading journalists,
like
Freedman, who gave them an
insider’s view of the
profession. Throughout the
conference, students worked
in teams to research, write,
edit and publish a newspaper.
Alexa Gorman, a student from
Prospect, CT remarked, “I
think that the opportunity
to jump into our field and
get going as early as possible
is just phenomenal.”
About
LeadAmerica
LeadAmerica is the nation's
premier youth lead rshiporganization.
With a commitment to providing
quality leadership education,
LeadAmerica empowers teenage
leaders and instills in them
ethical and principled leadership
values, attitudes and skills.
Each of its high school conferences
is college-accredited and its
programs are approved activities
of the National Association
of Secondary School Principals.
LeadAmerica sponsors the Congressional
Student Leadership Conference
for high school students, the
National Junior Leaders Conference
for middle and junior high
school students, Ambassadors
Abroad international study
programs in China, Australia
and Europe, and Washington
Summer Scholars, a college-level
academic program held in partnership
with American University.
About
Samuel Freedman
Samuel G. Freedman is an
award-winning author, columnist,
and professor. A columnist
for The New York Times and
a professor at Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism,
he is the author of the six
acclaimed books, most recently
Letters To A Young Journalist
(2006) and Who She Was: My
Search for My Mother's Life
(2005). His previous book,
Small Victories was a finalist
for the 1990 National Book
Award and The Inheritance was
a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer
Prize. Upon This Rock won the
1993 Helen Bernstein Award
for Excellence in Journalism.
Four of Freedman's books have
been listed among The NewYork
Times' Notable Books of the
Year.
Contact:
Karen B. Sharp
VP, Marketing Communications
LeadAmerica
1.561.368.8085
media@lead-america.org
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