Panelists named for 8th Schieffer Symposium
Annual forum of media leaders will feature three network White House correspondents and editor of POLITICO on April 11.
by Rick Waters '95
Updated: Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Bob Schieffer '59 will moderate the eighth annual Schieffer Symposium on April 11 and focus on the 2012 race for the White House. (Photo by Glen E. Ellman)
Election Day 2012 is 274 days away. Will President Obama win a second term? Which Republican will challenge him? Will there be a third-party candidate to shake up the race?
To explore these questions and the issues that define the coming election season, the TCU Schieffer School of Journalism will welcome three network White House correspondents and the editor of POLITICO as panelists for the Eighth Annual Schieffer Symposium on the News on April 11. As always, the school's namesake and longtime CBS newsman Bob Schieffer '59 will moderate.
Panelists include John F. Harris, founder and editor-in-chief of POLITICO; Norah O’Donnell, chief White House correspondent, CBS News; Jake Tapper, senior White House correspondent, ABC News; and Chuck Todd, chief White House correspondent and political director, NBC News and co-host of “The Daily Rundown,” MSNBC. Schieffer is the moderator of “Face the Nation” and is CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent.
“This presidential campaign has been filled with more surprises than any campaign I can recall, and who knows where things will stand in April?" Schieffer said. "That’s why we’re bringing in four of the best reporters who are right in the middle of it. We’ve had some great panels over the years, but with this kind of campaign and the reporters we’ve assembled, this could be our best ever.”
The symposiumwill be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, in Ed Landreth Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and will go on sale in March. TCU students are admitted free with valid ID but must make areservation.
Named for CBS news anchor and alumnus Bob Schieffer, the Schieffer School of Journalism at TCU offers majors in journalism and strategic communication and a minor in journalism. It has undergraduate enrollment is 635 students.