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NEWS CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCING LAUNCH OF THE CORNERSTONE PROJECT
10 AM, TUESDAY, OCTOBER
31, 2000
NATIONAL
PRESS CLUB
LISAGOR ROOM
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Contact: Rick Kaplar,
The Media Institute
202-298-7512; kaplar@clark.net
The Media Institute will
hold a news conference kicking off its Cornerstone Project on Tuesday, Oct. 31
at 10 am in the Lisagor Room of the National Press Club in Washington (14th and
F Sts., N.W.).
The Cornerstone Project
is a national three-year program celebrating the First Amendment. It will include
various public education and awareness components including public service announcements
and ads, exhibits, books, publications, and a national symposium in Washington.
News conference agenda:
- Brief overview of the Cornerstone
Project by Media Institute President Patrick Maines
- Introduction of Cornerstone
Advisory Council members* in the audience
- Brief comments by senior
representatives of the four Founding Sponsors --
- National Association of
Broadcasters (NAB)
- Newspaper Association of
America (NAA)
- American Association of
Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
- Magazine Publishers of
America (MPA)
- Release of a new First
Amendment paper by noted constitutional scholar Robert Peck
If possible, please let
us know if you can attend by calling Susanna Coto or Rick Kaplar at 202-298-7512
by Oct. 27. Refreshments will be served.
* Cornerstone Advisory
Council Members: American Library Association; American Society of Magazine Editors;
American Society of Newspaper Editors; Association of American Publishers; Freedom
of Expression Foundation; Media Coalition; Radio-Television News Directors Association;
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Society of Professional Journalists;
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
For more information about
the Cornerstone Project or The Media Institute check the Institute's Web site
at www.mediainst.org.
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