NPR's Corey Flintoff to give 'Media & Society’ Lecture at USU

National Public Radio reporter Corey Flintoff is the featured speaker at Utah State University in the Media and Society Lecture Series. Flintoff speaks Wednesday, April 16, at noon in the USU Performance Hall (approximately 1090 E. 675 North). The lecture is free and to the public.

After 17 years as the afternoon voice of NPR’s newscasts, Flintoff is stepping out from the newscaster’s booth to be a correspondent with the NPR Foreign Desk. He began a temporary stint on the Foreign Desk in the summer of 2005, reporting from Iraq, Jerusalem and Haiti. As a correspondent, Flintoff reports for NPR’s newsmagazines and the world news section of NPR.org.

 

At USU, Flintoff’s lecture is sponsored by the department of journalism and communication, ASUSU, the political science department and Utah Public Radio.

 

ASUSU, the journalism and communication department and UPR are collaborating to start a student-run radio station on campus this spring.

 

Utah Public Radio is a part of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at USU. It broadcasts a mix of information, public affairs and fine arts programming 24 hours a day throughout most of Utah and into southern Idaho through a network of 31 translators. In Cache Valley, UPR is heard on KUSU (91.5 FM) and KUSR (89.5 FM). To find broadcast stations in other cities, visit the Web site.

 

Contact: Cathy Ives, UPR general manager, (435) 797-3215
Source: Utah Public Radio