Thursday, January 2, 2014

Press Release - "Syndicated Columnist to Speak at Annual Lecture"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             Contact: Kayla Gasbarro, Director of PR
Nov. 25, 2013                                             E-mail: KaylaGasbarro.PR@gmail.com
                                                                    Phone: 412-555-8432


SYNDICATED COLUMNIST TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL LECTURE

COLUMBIA, S.C.- The Buchheit Family Lecture Series presented by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at The University of South Carolina will feature a syndicated columnist from The Washington Post Writers Group

The event is open to the public and will be held on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Belk Auditorium at the Darla Moore School of Business.

According to the J-School’s website The Buchheit Family Lecture Series is funded by an endowment from the Buchheit family of Spartanburg.  The event was created in 2000 by members of the Buchheit family. 

The family created the event to commemorate the late Phil Buchheit, former publisher of the Spartanburg Herald Journal and the former president and chairman of Mid-South Management Company, a family owned company that owns approximately 24 daily and community newspapers across the southeast.  The Buchheit Family Endowment also provides undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships and doctoral fellowships annually to students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

The event will feature Kathleen Parker as a guest speaker.  Parker is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group.  According to postwritersgroup.com, her work has been featured in over 400 newspapers including The Weekly Standard, Time, Town and Country, Cosmopolitan and Fortune Small Businesses.  Her book “Save the Males: Why Men Matter and Why Women Should Care” was published by Random House in 2008.  She is also a regular guest on NBC’s “The Chris Matthews Show.”

“I attended the event last year and heard William Kristol reflect on the 2008 elections,” said Ashley Webb, sophomore public relations student at USC.  “It was a great opportunity to hear his analytic perspective on current events, which is what I am looking forward to this year, hearing Kathleen Parker talk about what drives her to write such strong opinion pieces.”

For more information contact Kayla Gasbarro at 412-555-8432 KaylaGasbarro.PR@gmail.com and/or visit the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s website.

The Buchheit Family Lecture Series is presented by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

http://www.jour.sc.edu

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