What Would Dale Do? Students and Colleagues Discuss How Professor Dale Spencer's Principles Remain Relevant Today [Print This Page]
- Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
- Place: Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute
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For almost three decades, Missouri School of Journalism Professor Dale Spencer was one of the strongest voices of his time on behalf of the First Amendment. He earned his bachelor's degree from the School in 1948 and his master's in 1955. Spencer also received his law degree in 1968 from the University of Missouri School of Law. He joined the journalism faculty in 1950. Spencer taught copyediting and served as news editor of the Columbia Missourian. Later, he combined his passion for journalism with his love for the law and taught communications law. As chairman of the School's Editorial Department, he played a central role in bringing Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) to the university, and he wrote a column about journalists and the law for almost every issue of IRE's magazine. Spencer died in December 1988 at the age of 63. In honor of his untiring advocacy of open government and his unstinting efforts to strengthen journalists' understanding of the law, Spencer's family, colleagues and alumni will look at the challenges the industry is facing today and ask, "What would Dale do?" A seminar room at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute will be named in his honor by his family, with the dedication to be held at the end of this discussion.
Discussion Leaders:
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George Kennedy
Professor Emeritus
Missouri School of Journalism
George Kennedy is a professor emeritus at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he was managing editor of the Columbia Missourian, the School's daily community newspaper serving as a teaching lab for students, for almost 12 years. Kennedy also served as chairman of the editorial department and associate dean. With academic interests that center on journalistic practice and the future of the profession, Kennedy has written articles that have appeared in The American Editor and Columbia Journalism Review. He has co-authored three textbooks on reporting and writing in addition to editing What Good Is Journalism? How Reporters and Editors Are Saving America's Way of Life. As a scholar, he served as a Fulbright lecturer in New Zealand and a visiting professor in Slovakia and Spain. Prior to joining the Missouri Journalism faculty in 1974, Kennedy worked for 10 years at daily newspapers in Delaware and Florida.
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Paul Berning
Partner
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
Paul Berning, BJ '70, is a partner in the construction and government contracts department of the San Francisco office of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. As a student in the newspaper publishing sequence, he interned on the copydesk of the Miami Herald, worked for the Columbia (Mo.) Tribune, graded Copyediting I papers and was associate editor of the Maneater, MU's independent student newspaper. Berning served on the MU Board of Student Publications with Professor Dale Spencer. From 1970 to 1978, he was a copyeditor, national-foreign editor and news editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. From 1978 to 1983, he was assistant news editor of the San Francisco Examiner, after which he joined Thelen. Since 1999, Berning has edited www.ConstructionWebLinks.com, which is sponsored by his law firm and serves professionals in construction, engineering, architecture and infrastructure.
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About the Futures Forum
Top journalists, advertisers and thought leaders will lead numerous interactive sessions during the Sept. 11 Futures Forum, a day of cutting-edge discussions about the next century of journalism. Ethics, convergence and politics are just a few of the many hot topics that will be explored in this diverse program dedicated to challenging industry thinking and visualizing possibilities for the future. Sessions will be 75 minutes long and held concurrently with others on the schedule. Full schedules will be available during on-site check in during the Sept. 10-12 celebration.
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