Century Foundation Forum May 4: 'Media as An American Achievement -- And an American Dilemma'

4/28/2004

From: Christy Hicks of The Century Foundation, 212-452-7723, hicks@tcf.org; Web: http://www.tcf.org

News Advisory:

WHAT:

Media as an American achievement-and an American dilemma

A Century Foundation Forum

WHEN:

Tuesday, May 4, 8:30 a.m-10:30 a.m.

WHERE:

The Century Foundation, 41 East 70th Street, New York City

PANELISTS:

-- Paul Starr, author, The Creation of the Media: Origins of Modern Communications; coeditor American Prospect

-- Alan Brinkley, Provost and Professor of History, Columbia University; author most recently of Liberalism and Its Discontents. He is currently working on a biography on Henry Luce

-- Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of NBC News and PBS; author of The Electronic Republic and with Newton N. Minow, of A Digital Gift to the Nation

Moderator:

Richard C. Leone, president, The Century Foundation

RSVP:

Events@tcf.org or 212-452-7722

BACKGROUND:

The American framework of communications has been a remarkable engine of wealth and power creation, so much so that its influence now extends over not merely a continent, but the entire world. But that very success, Starr argues, raises uneasy questions about the relation of the media to democratic government.

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The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs. The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces and working groups, and operates seven informational Web sites. With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.