Essence Magazine chief offers April 22 lecture at Lubin House

Tuesday, April 20, 2004, By News Staff

Essence Magazine chief offers April 22 lecture at Lubin HouseApril 20, 2004Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu

Diane Weathers, editor-in-chief of Essence Magazine, will present “The Lack of People of Color in Media,” from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 22, at Lubin House in New York City. Weathers will be introduced by Charles Stevens, editor-at-large of Bloomberg Business News.

Weathers and Stevens are graduates of Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Weathers is a veteran reporter, writer and editor, working for such publications as Newsweek, Black Enterprise and Redbook. As a freelance writer, Weathers’ has had articles appear publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, Family Circle and several U.N. publications.

The presentation is sponsored by the Office of Program Development and the Friends of Syracuse University.

For more information, contact Evelyn D. Walker, Director, Program Development, Syracuse University, 315-443-4556.