Christian Science Monitor editor to speak at Mines

GOLDEN, Colo., March 14, 2007 – David Clark Scott, world editor of The Christian Science Monitor, will present a public lecture at 7 p.m. March 28 in Metals Hall, Green Center, 924 16 th St., on the Colorado School of Mines campus.

Scott's lecture, “Front-line Journalism: 10 Secrets of Foreign Correspondents,” will focus on the challenges reporters face in producing accurate pictures of events when landing in a foreign country. Additionally, Scott will discuss how reporters deal with threats when working in war zones such as Iraq or Afghanistan.

For the past seven years, Scott has been the international news editor for The Christian Science Monitor, coordinating the newspaper's prize-winning coverage from nine overseas news bureaus and from dozens of freelance writers.

In 2006, he was part of a Monitor team dedicated to getting correspondent Jill Carroll home after being kidnapped in Iraq . He has also served overseas as the newspaper's Latin American bureau chief and Australasia bureau chief.

The lecture is sponsored by the Colorado School of Mines Office of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Guy T. McBride Jr. Honors Program in Public Affairs.

Founded in 1874, Colorado School of Mines was established to serve the needs of the local mining industry. Today, the School has an international reputation for excellence in both engineering education and the applied sciences with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's resources. For more information about Colorado School of Mines, visit www.mines.edu .

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For additional information, contact:
Professor Ed Cecil, 303-273-3736
fcecil@mines.edu

Or

Karen Gilbert , 303-273-3541
Karen.Gilbert@is.mines.edu