“The New York Times” publishes opinion piece by Dean Hart

AUSTIN, Texas — Jan. 3, 2008 — College of Communication Dean Roderick P. Hart, along with colleagues from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy; the University of Maryland journalism school; Columbia Journalism School; Northwestern journalism school; the University of Missouri journalism school; the Syracuse School of Public Communications; and the University of Southern California School of Communication, wrote an op-ed which was published in the Dec. 22 issue of “The New York Times.”

The op-ed, “A License for Local Reporting,” discusses the Federal Communication Commission’s regulation of broadcasting, its impact on news gathering and ultimately the American system of democracy.

The article is available online at “The New York Times” Website.

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