The Department of Communication’s panel on political scandal and crisis communication, which took place on Thursday, September 24 at the College of Charleston, will be broadcast this weekend by C-SPAN.
C-SPAN will air the program in its entirety, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, September 26.
With sponsorship from the College’s Department of Communication and the Department of Communication Advisory Council, the forum featured four panelists:
Gina Smith, a graduate of the College of Charleston and Columbia University, is a reporter at The State
newspaper in Columbia. Her nine-year reporting career includes her very direct role in revealing Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair in June 2009.
Tucker Eskew, the moderator for this forum, is former press secretary to South Carolina Governor
Carroll Campbell. Eskew worked in the Bush-Cheney and McCain-Palin campaigns. He has served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Global Communications. Eskew is a founding partner of ViaNovo, an international management and communication
consulting firm.
Mike McCurry is former White House press secretary to President Bill Clinton. With almost three decades
of experience in Washington, DC, he is principal at Public Strategies Washington, Inc., where he provides strategic communication counsel to a variety of corporate and non-profit clients.
Phil Noble is president of the South Carolina New Democrats and founder of Phil Noble and Associates.
Noble also is founder of the Palmetto Project. He is a former International Political Consultant of the Year and has long been a leader in political uses of new media.
The cases of Gov. Mark Sanford, Rep. Joe Wilson, and President Bill Clinton received the bulk of the panelist’s attention.
More information on this event and the Department of Communication Advisory Council.
With one of the largest undergraduate majors at the College of Charleston, the Department of Communication enrolls more than 800 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs. Students in the department study such topics as political communication, interpersonal communication, journalism, and public relations. The department is housed in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Department of Communication Advisory Council promotes the recognition and progress of communication instruction at the College of Charleston. The Advisory Council is made up of an outstanding and nationally prominent group of communication professionals who aid the Department of Communication in developing curricula, creating and improving departmental programs, and calling
attention to the many accomplishments of the department’s students and faculty.
