As part of the School of Journalism’s 50th anniversary week, a panel discussion, What’s News? Newspapers and Readers in Today’s Society, will take place from 3 to 4:45 p.m. today at the SIU Law School auditorium.

The panelists include Jim Squires, former editor of the Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel; former Sen. Paul Simon; Mike Lawrence, associate director of the Public Policy Institute; Lenore Sobota, editorial page editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph; Lorraine Kee, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; and Jackie Koszczuk, editor of the Congressional Quarterly. The moderator will be Carl Rexroad, editor of the Southern Illinoisan.

SIUC Chancellor Don Beggs will give introductions, and opening remarks will be made by Cole Campbell, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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