When:	Back to Calendar October 30, 2012 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where:	Roger Williams Unviersity 1 Old Ferry Road Bristol RI 02809	✔ Add to Calendar Add to Google Calendar
Cost:	Free
Categories:	Free Lectures
Tags:	2012 election HawkTheVote Roger Williams University

The Roger Williams University HawkTheVote Journalism Media Lab will host local members of the press — including East Bay Newspapers’ General Manager Scott Pickering — in a panel discussion of the impact of news coverage on the electoral process on Tuesday, October 30 at 6 p.m. at Roger Williams University.

Panelists will include Scott Pickering, general manager of East Bay Newspapers; Dee DeQuattro, political commentator on WPRO News Talk Radio; Bill Rupp, local editor of Barrington Patch; and Marilyn Schairer, general assignment reporter for WPRI-TV and RWU adjunct professor. RWU Assistant Journalism Professor Michael Scully will moderate the discussion.

The event is open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. in Global Heritage Hall G01 on the University’s Bristol campus at One Old Ferry Road. No tickets or reservations are required.

The panel discussion will also be live-streamed on HawkTheVote.com. Follow the journalism media lab students’ election coverage on Twitter with @HawkTheVote and @HawkTheVotenees.

Please note that the event may be re-scheduled if Hurricane Sandy impacts our area.