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NPR, AP guests to speak Feb. 18

February 11, 2010

Associated Press reporter Kathy Barks Hoffman and National Public Radio correspondent Don Gonyea will speak at the MSU School of Journalism’s annual Frederick S. Siebert Lecture at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

Since 1995, Hoffman has covered Michigan politics and economic issues at the AP’s Lansing bureau. Gonyea, an MSU alumnus, has worked with NPR since 1986. Gonyea has covered presidential campaigns and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The lecture series has been hosted since 1968 and is named after a former School of Journalism director and dean of the college.

The series is aimed at facilitating discussion of journalism-related issues, such as First Amendment rights.

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