Award-winning journalist Jack Lessenberry will give a free lecture on Friday at the University of Toledo’s Carlson Library titled, “Censorship and Self-Censorship: The Media in the Age of Trump.”
UT’s Banned Books Coalition is hosting the talk as part of the coalition’s 20th anniversary. It begins at 7 p.m.
Mr. Lessenberry is a journalist, writer, and political and economic commentator. He serves as the head of the journalism faculty at Wayne State University and is the writing coach and ombudsman at The Blade. He is the senior news analyst at WUOM 91.7 FM, and he hosts the weekly television show “Deadline Now” on WGTE-TV in Toledo.
During his career, Mr. Lessenberry reported as a foreign correspondent from more than 40 countries for the Detroit News, where he later served as national editor. In 2002, he was named Journalist of the Year by the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
First Published October 4, 2017, 7:19 p.m.
