UNC-TV will rebroadcast “The North Carolina Newspaper and Public Service,” a panel discussion held at Elon in September 2002, on its statewide public television network. The program will air at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5.
Three North Carolina journalists and Dr. William Friday, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina, discussed the media’s role in covering news and serving the community during the panel discussion.
Horace Carter of the Tabor City Tribune, Rolfe Neill of The Charlotte Observer and Frank Daniels, Jr., of The News and Observer in Raleigh, joined Friday for the discussion. Their newspapers received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their coverage of important community issues. The panel covered a variety of topics during a lively 80-minute discussion of the media and the delicate balance between reporting the news and service to the community.