DATE: 6 p.m. March 22, 2007.

EVENT: Mark McDonald, the Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism in the University of Michigan Department of Communication Studies, will give a lecture: “Embedded: The Media at War—Covering Iraq and Afghanistan.”

McDonald, a veteran newspaper correspondent who has done several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, offers his insights about embedding, as reporters attach themselves to military units in the field, and the media’s current coverage of the wars in both countries.

Both the lecture and reception, which begins at 5 p.m., are free and open to the public.

PLACE: U-M Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher St.
Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/news/Maps/ccamp.html.

CONTACT: For more information, call Roberta Saling, (734) 764-0423.

WEB LINK: For more information about U-M Communication Studies, visit: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/comm/