Lead sentences from a previous Ruhl Lecture story assignment
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Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, delivered the Ruhl Lecture at the University of Oregon Thursday.
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Vice chairman for the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, Tom Rosenstiel stressed the importance of professionalism in journalism.
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Tom Rosenstiel, media expert and author, discussed the importance of professionalism, ethics and social responsibility in journalism at the annual Ruhl Lecture yesterday, titled "Snob Journalism: Ethics vs. Elitism for a Profession in Crisis."
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The problem with modern journalism is that it lacks a sense of professionalism and ethics, said media critic Tom Rosenstiel in a speech at the University of Oregon.
Another lecture
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Governor John Kitzhaber spoke at the University of Oregon on Wednesday.
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Governor Kitzhaber addressed the importance of the higher education system in Oregon in his speech Wednesday afternoon at the annual University of Oregon Convocation.
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Gov. John Kitzhaber reaffirmed the value of higher education and discussed its challenges Wednesday in a speech at the University of Oregon.
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Oregonians must stop looking at the state's education system as a set of unrelated parts, Gov. John Kitzhaber told an audience at the University of Oregon Wednesday.
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It's no accident that there are so few people of color in Oregon, said Daryl Millner, a professor of Black Studies at Portland State University and an expert on the history of African Americans in the West.
Public law and policy during the pioneer era limited the ability of people of color to better their condition, he said.
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