Murrow Symposium

Bob Schieffer and Helen Thomas talk shop

Bob Schieffer and Helen Thomas share a laugh with reporters at a WSU press conference today.   Photos by Becky Phillips, WSU Today       Even as newspaper presses across the country are shutting down, the need for trained, professional journalists is as great as it ever was, according to Bob Schieffer and Helen […]

Trio of journalists to honor slain newsman Daniel Pearl

The life and career of slain “Wall Street Journal” reporter Daniel Pearl will be honored at the April 16 Edward R. Murrow Symposium at Washington State University. Pearl, the newspaper’s South Asia bureau chief, was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan, last year while working on a story related to terrorism. “Daniel Pearl’s career and […]