The cable television network C-SPAN has announced that they will be taping a College of Charleston panel discussion on political scandals for a future broadcast. The date of the broadcast has not been set.
Three nationally prominent communication professionals and a South Carolina journalist will lead a student forum at the College of Charleston on crisis communication during political scandals. The forum will take place on Sept. 24, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. at Physicians Memorial Auditorium.
With sponsorship from the College’s Department of Communication and the Department of Communication Advisory Council, the forum will feature 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 event is free andopen to the public.
