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Distinguished Journalist Carol Marin To Speak The Truth At Saint Xavier University
Marin comes to Saint Xavier’s Chicago Campus on Jan. 22
CHICAGO (Dec. 16, 2003) – Highly respected Chicago journalist Carol Marin will visit Saint Xavier University’s Chicago Campus to speak on “Truth’s Tortured Life: Trying to Find and Tell the Truth in News.” Marin, who has spent her career as a print and broadcast journalist, is currently an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune and presides over her own company, Marin Corp Productions. She will speak at Saint Xavier at 7 p.m. January 22 in McGuire Hall.
The Center for Religion and Public Discourse is hosting Marin’s visit.
“The Center was established to provide a forum for discussion and debate about the common good. Truth, defining it, processing it and responding to its relevance in our lives is certainly at the core of the common good,” said Sister Sue Sanders, RSM, Ph.D, who leads the Center. “I am delighted that Carol Marin – such a highly respected and experienced journalist – is enthusiastic about helping us to better understand the challenge of discovering and sharing truth in the news.”
Marin helped choose her topic, “Truth’s Tortured Life: Trying to Find and Tell the Truth in News,” using inspiration from a plaque belonging to a colleague that read, “Truth never dies, but it leads a tortured life.”
“Ms. Marin’s topic is certainly an intriguing one,” Sanders said. “It speaks to the challenge that any journalist, and especially one in a major city on a major network, faces in interpreting and presenting the truth. Ms. Marin’s professionalism and her commitment to the pursuit of truth make her an apt choice as a speaker in our ‘Squeaky Weal’ series.”
Marin has worked as an anchor and reporter for WMAQ-TV Chicago and WBBM-TV Chicago. She has also served as a correspondent for CBS News, including “60 Minutes,” “The CBSEvening News with Dan Rather,” and “48 Hours.” Her many awards include two George Foster Peabody Awards (1997 and 1998); two National Emmy Awards (1989 and 1998); two Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards (1986 and 1998); the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television (2002) and the National UPI Reporter of the Year Award (1989).
Sanders said Marin and her topic are ideal choices for The Center for Religion and Public Discourse, which has a campus- and community-wide mission to promote informed discussion and scholarship about the common good in the context of faith, organized belief systems, spirituality, religion and values.
“I believe that Carol Marin is one of the most highly respected print and broadcast journalists in a city that can boast about numerous top-notch journalists,” Sanders said. “She is not only respected for the high quality of her reporting, but she is also reputed to be a highly principled woman in a field that can threaten personal belief systems. I am delighted that she is bringing her wit, wisdom and journalistic experience to Saint Xavier.”
The Jan. 22 event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on this lecture or any of the Center’s other programs, call (773) 298-3900.