MEDIA CONTACT: Wendy Leopold at (847) 491-4890 or at w-leopold@northwestern.edu

February 17, 2004

New York Times Publisher on Journalism of Past

EVANSTON, Ill. --- 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, Feb. 23, at Northwestern University. His lecture at 4 p.m. is part of the Medill School of Journalism’s popular Crain Lecture Series.

Sulzberger’s remarks, titled “Journalism at the Turn of the Century,” will take place in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive, on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. 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 “How Race is Lived in America” series, its historic new millennium edition, and its internationally acclaimed coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attack in “A Nation Challenged” and “Portraits of Grief.”

Sulzberger joined The Times in 1979 as a correspondent in its Washington bureau, moved to New York as a metro reporter in 1981 and was appointed assistant metro editor later that year. He worked in a variety of business departments from 1983 until 1987, when he was named assistant publisher. A year later, as deputy publisher, he oversaw the news and business departments.

For further information about this lecture, call (847) 491-5401 or check the Medill School of Journalism Web site at http://www.medill.northwestern.edu.