February 19, 2004

Times publisher to discuss state of journalism

Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times and chairman of The New York Times Company, will speak about the state of journalism on Monday in the Medill School of Journalism’s Crain Lecture Series.

His lecture, titled “Journalism at the Turn of the Century,” will be at 4 p.m. in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum. The event is free and open to the public.

Sulzberger has initiated major changes that have allowed The New York Times to compete effectively in the global marketplace. Among these initiatives are launching New York Times Digital, expanding the Times nationally, establishing New York Times-Television and acquiring the International Tribune.

Since Sulzberger became publisher in 1992, the Times has earned 26 Pulitzer Prizes and has provided its readers with innumerable examples of memorable journalism, such as its breakthrough series “How Race is Lived in America.”