MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:
Discussion featuring journalists Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of The Detroit News, and Jack Lessenberry, member of the journalism faculty at Wayne State University and senior political analyst on NPR affiliates.
Moderator - Alicia Nails, director of WSU's Journalism Institute for Media Diversity.
Topic: Challenges facing the new and changing Michigan.

RSVP by Feb. 1, www.alumni.wayne.edu/events or 313-577-2300.

WHEN:
Monday, Feb. 7, 11:30 a.m.-noon (networking)
Noon-1 p.m. (program)

WHERE:
Wayne State University's McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 West Ferry Mall, in Detroit.

MORE INFO:
Finley directs the expression of the newspaper's editorial position on various national and local issues, and writes a column in the Sunday newspaper. He has been with the newspaper since 1976 and received his journalism degree from Wayne State University in 1985.

Lessenberry is Michigan Radio's senior political analyst and does on-air interviews and commentary on three NPR affiliates every day. He also is, or has been, a writer for many national and regional publications, including Vanity Fair, Esquire, George, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.

The event is sponsored by Wayne State University's College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Alumni Association.

Media planning to attend should contact Tom Reynolds at 313-577-2150, treynolds@wayne.edu.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.