The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media at Syracuse University
(IJPM) and the Carnegie Legal Reporting Program in SU's S.I. Newhouse School of
Public Communications will host a Constitution Day event, "Bloggers, Pundits and
Journalists: Assessing Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign," on Wednesday,
Sept. 17, at 4 p.m. in the Bond, Schoeneck & King Courtroom, Room 300 of the SU
College of Law's MacNaughton Hall.
Matthew Dickinson, a political science professor at Middlebury College, will present an
assessment of the dominant themes animating media coverage of the 2008 presidential
election to date, focusing primarily on the nominating phase. The event is free and open
to the public. Parking is available in SU pay lots.
Dickinson has been a professor at Middlebury College since 2000. His teaching interests
are concentrated in American politics, the presidency and the politics of Congress. His
recent publications include "Presidents, Responsiveness and Competence: Revisiting the
'Golden Age' at the Bureau of Budget" in Political Science Quarterly and "The President
and Congress" in "The Presidency and the Political System" (CQ Press, 2002).
Dickinson earned a bachelor's degree at Boston College and a master's degree and Ph.D.
at Harvard University. He operates the blog "Presidential Power,"
http://blogs.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower, targeted to students who are interested in
learning more about presidential politics.
For more information on this event, contact Keith Bybee from IJPM at (315) 443-9743 or
kjbybee@syr.edu.
Launched in September 2006, IJPM is an academic institute devoted to the
interdisciplinary study of issues at the intersection of law, politics and the media. A
collaborative effort of SU's College of Law, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs and Newhouse School, the institute sponsors lectures, conferences and symposia
designed to foster discussion and debate among legal scholars, sitting judges and working
journalists. For more information, visit http://jpm.syr.edu.
The Newhouse School launched the Carnegie Legal Reporting Program in 2006 to
educate future journalists about covering the justice system. The program is supported by
a grant from the Carnegie Journalism Initiative of the Carnegie Corp. of New York and
collaborates frequently with IJPM on symposia and lectures. For more information, visit
http://newhouse.syr.edu/legal.
