"MISSING IN ACTION"
THE DISASTROUS DECLINE OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTING BY AMERICAN MEDIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR DEMOCRACY

KEVIN KLOSE
President, National Public Radio

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Mission Inn
3649 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA

5:30pm Reception and Buffet
6:30pm Program and Discussion

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
When we survey World Affairs Council members about their favorite sources of news, NPR is always near the top of the list. News of the world is vital to the American people. Yet while many rely on news media for information on global issues, many news organizations are cutting back on foreign correspondents and bureaus to remain profitable, with foreign news and analysis being cut drastically. Americans are increasingly getting their news from agenda-driven partisans of both left and right, reflecting opinion rather than context.

Bucking this trend is National Public Radio news, which continues to add reporters and offices worldwide, including NPR West, a new production studio located in Los Angeles. Americans both need and want NPR’s quality international reporting, as shown in its increasing ratings, from 13 million to 26 million in the past eight years.

ABOUT THE PRESENTOR:  
Kevin Klose, president of NPR, is a former editor, and national and foreign correspondent, with The Washington Post. Before joining NPR in 1998, Mr. Klose was director of U.S. international broadcasting, overseeing the U. S. Government’s global radio and television news services (1997-98) and earlier as president of Radio Free Europe for three years, broadcasting to Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. He is the author of Russia and the Russians: Inside the Closed Society.

Join us to hear Mr. Klose address the importance of international reporting, the challenges of gathering news worldwide, and the role NPR is playing.

Program information and Reservation Form

Reservations required
To register or for information
call (951) 222-8160

Reception and Program: $35 per member / $45 prospective members
Program only: $10 per member / $20 prospective members
Students may attend the 6:30pm program free of charge

***Special sale of crafts from around the world***
 Arts and crafts by artisans in more than 30 countries will be for sale in an “international boutique” during the reception and after the program.
The items are collected by Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit fair trade organization which assures artisans receive a fair price for their products.

Riverside Community College International Club is sponsoring the sale, which will include textiles, pottery, jewelry, baskets, toys and a variety of nativities.