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The Pundits and the Power: Behind the Rise of Opinion Journalism, Oct. 18
Posted 10/10/2007
MADISON, Wis.-- Tobin Harshaw, senior staff editor for the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, comes to campus Thursday, Oct. 18, to give a 4:30 p.m. lecture for the Friends of the Libraries and the School of Journalism. Harshaw's talk, "The Pundits and the Power: Behind the Rise of Opinion Journalism," will cover the origins and evolution of opinion journalism. The lecture is in 976 Memorial Library on campus.
Tobin Harshaw of the New York Times
He will also cover the separation of news and opinion in newspapers and touch, specifically, on The New York Times’ decision to open its editorial pages to outside voices at greater length when it chose to include an Op-Ed page in 1971.
Harshaw oversees and edits more than 200 op-ed articles from non-staff contributors each year and will discuss a shift in contributions from beltway insiders to a wider variety of authors, such as artists and writers. He will also touch on how a single Op-Ed page comes together, as well as the changes brought by the Internet.
A native of Madison, Harshaw is also a frequent contributor to the Sunday Book Review section.
