Scripps Talk

Introduced by Smitty Schuneman himself, award winning photographer, William Allard, speaks about his generation of visual storytelling and its changes at the 2011 Schuneman Symposium.

Lustgarten writes about energy, water and the environment at ProPublica. He is the recipient of a MacArthur grant for international reporting and has won numerous awards, including a 2009 George Polk award for environmental reporting. At the 2013 Schuneman Symposium, Lustgarten talks about his investigation into the risks to water, health and climate brought by hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

Du Cille is associate editor at the The Washington Post and is an Ohio University alum. Born in Jamaica, he is a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. At the 2013 Schuneman Symposium, he shares his predictions for the future of journalism while discussing his experience covering the mistreatment of wounded veterans, the eruption of a Colombia volcano and the effects of crack cocaine.

Moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for the“PBS NewsHour,” Gwen Ifill talks about excellence in journalism and why it still matters at the 2013 Schuneman Symposium.

As a supporter for change, Cox has fully embraced journalistic tools of the digital age as she covers political issues and the White House. As 2010 Schuneman Symposium

keynote speaker, she chronicles her keys for success and the importance of digital practices.

John Kaplan is a professor at the Univ. of Florida. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Ohio University.

Smith Schuneman, an alum of Ohio University, sponsors the Schuneman Symposium