The media and the marketplace lecture at college

Middletown — Veteran journalist and author Trudy Lieberman will speak about the media and the marketplace on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7:15 p.m. in the Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, at Orange County Community College. Through the lecture, Trudy Lieberman will examine how media organizations function as profit-making institutions and try to preserve their role as watchdogs for the public interest. She will also demonstrate how the imperative to turn a profit affects the news, and whether the business model of newspapers and magazines is viable in the age of Web blogs and other interactive communications. In addition, the talk will consider whether hard-hitting consumer reporting is compatible with the advertising necessary to sustain today’s media corporations. Lieberman is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. She has been a journalist for more than 35 years, and is now a contributing editor to the “Columbia Journalism Review,” a contributor to “The Nation,” and writes a monthly health and the marketplace column for the “Los Angeles Times.” She holds many prestigious posts as well as winning numerous awards and honors for her journalistic work. Lieberman is also the author of five books including “Slanting the Story-the Forces That Shape the News.” This is the last in the Fall Lyceum Lecture Series which is presented by Cultural Affairs. Harriman Hall is a universally accessible building located at the corner of Wawayanda and East Conkling Avenues in Middletown. For additional information, call 341- 4891 or visit www.cultural@sunyorange.edu.