Video of Ivins Lecture Available on School of Journalism Website
AUSTIN, Texas - Feb. 1, 2007 - Video and photographs from the November 2006 Mary Alice Davis lecture delivered by the late political columnist Molly Ivins are available at The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism Website.
Ivins passed away yesterday after battling breast cancer.
Her Nov. 15 lecture, "The Future of Journalism: Slow Death or Suicide?", was delivered to a packed house at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium.
The Mary Alice Davis Distinguished Lectureship was established in 2005 to bring notable journalists to campus to discuss the role of journalism in society. It was named for School of Journalism alumna Mary Alice Davis, who died in 2004 from ovarian cancer.
School of Journalism homepage: http://journalism.utexas.edu/
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