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Article: Quinnipiac University Presents Fred Friendly Award to Morley Safer.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- June 3, 2009
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Morley Safer, the "60 Minutes" correspondent, expressed concern Wednesday about the future of journalism as the newspaper industry continues to shrink (see also Quinnipiac University).
"The death or disintegration of local newspapers threatens all of journalism and by extension the public's right to know," said Safer, who received the 2009 Fred Friendly First Amendment Award from Quinnipiac University Wednesday. About 120 broadcast journalists and network executives attended the 16th annual event at the Metropolitan Club.
"In small towns and cities, who will be snooping in city hall, in zoning boards and town councils where developers and low-level ...