EDITORS: Brief biographies of the conference participants are available. Charles Eisendrath, director of the Michigan Journalism Fellows program, is available for interviews. Call (734) 998-7666.

ANN ARBOR—Editors Gerald Boyd and Sema Golden Behr of the recent New York Times series “How Race is Lived in America” will be joined by their reporters and other nationally recognized journalists to discuss “Covering Race Then and Now: The Press and Public Policy.” The conference, which is free and open to the public, is set for Monday (Jan. 8), 1-5 p.m., in the Rackham Amphitheater on the University of Michigan Central Campus.

[Central Campus map, Rackham Building upper left center]

Other speakers include:

David Halberstam, whose books include “Walking With the Wind”, “The Best and the Brightest”, and “The Fifties.”

Clarence Page, syndicated columnist and member of the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune.

Paul Delaney, formerly with the New York Times, now director of the Center for the Study of Race and Media at Howard University.

Gene Roberts, former managing editor of the New York Times and now at the University of Maryland’s College of Journalism.

John Seigenthaler, retired publisher and CEO of the Tennessean, founding editorial director of USA Today and founder of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University.

The event is sponsored by the Michigan Journalism Fellows and Dialogues on Diversity with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. For more information contact Pat McCune at (734) 647-2655 or phmccune@umich.edu.

conference participantsGerald Boyd and Sema Golden BehrCentral Campus mapDavid HalberstamClarence PageCenter for the Study of Race and MediaGene Roberts