'Sports Communications' panel discussion, April 10

Hearst Visiting Scholar Shelley Smith of ESPN will moderate the panel discussion.
Hearst Visiting Scholar Shelley Smith of ESPN will moderate the panel discussion.

Join the College of Journalism for a panel presentation by award-winning national and local journalists, public relations and advertising professionals.

The two-hour event, “The New World of Sports Communications,” opens at 4:30 p.m. April 10 in Andersen Hall, room 15.

The discussion will be moderated by Shelley Smith, a four-time Emmy Award-winning ESPN reporter. Panel members include:

• Bryan Burwell, an award-winning journalist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and ESPN’s Sports Reporters.
• Elizabeth Conlisk, the Big Ten Network’s vice president for communications and university relations.
• Dirk Chatelain, award-winning columnist for The Omaha World-Herald.
• Paula Lavigne, an award-winning TV and print reporter for ESPN.
• Elizabeth Merrill, an award-winning long-form writer for ESPN.com.
• Dan Gibson, creative director of Archrival, a youth marketing agency that makes brands relevant with youth culture.

Discussion topics include how sports coverage and business have changed with the growth of communications platforms, including social media; is media coverage of athletes too intrusive; and the future of sports communications.

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/5ejf