Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow died on May 7 at his home in Chicago. He was 97.
He also served as chairman of PBS.
Minow was instrumental in organizing televised presidential debates, and he cautioned against TV becoming a “vast wasteland.”
Also this week, Jessica Martin and Will Buss of the Western Illinois University Department of Broadcasting and Journalism share some thoughts on the recently wrapped up school year.
Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. The program features Dr. Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and advises the student editors at the Western Courier and the students at student radio station The Dog: Jessica Martin, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and is news director of NEWS3-TV at WIU; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.
