Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age as part of a panel discussion for the Toner Symposium. Follow on Twitter at #TonerPrize. The event will be webcast at http://tonerprogram.syr.edu.

The symposium is part of the Robin Toner Program in Political Reporting. It celebrates the legacy of alumna Robin Toner '76, the first woman to be national political correspondent for The New York Times. The event also includes awarding the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker.

The four panelists are:
Jane Mayer: writer for The New Yorker and winner of the Toner Prize for her story "State for Sale."
Peggy Simpson: Washington reporter for the Women's Media Center, a New York-based website.
Lynette Clemetson: director of NPR's StateImpact, a public media collaboration examining how state policy affects people's lives.
Kristin Carlson '99: co-anchor of "The Thirty" show focusing on local in-depth interviews on a wide variety of topics for WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vt.

Location:	Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III
Price:	free
Sponsoring department/organization:	Newhouse School
Contact:	Charlotte Grimes cgrimes@syr.edu 443-2366
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