Chicago Tonight anchor Phil Ponce and a panel of distinguished journalists will examine the future of newspapers at, “Do Newspapers Still Matter?” an upcoming forum at Loyola University Chicago.

The event, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, will feature Don Hayner, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, Eric Zorn, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Susy Schultz, managing editor of the Kankakee Daily Journal, Steve Rhodes, publisher and editor of the Beachwood Reporter, and Geoff Dougherty, editor and CEO of the Chi-Town Daily News.

With the decline in newspaper circulation and advertising, and the rise of online news sources, the panel will discuss, among other topics, how newspapers are surviving today; their prognosis for the future; the growing number of Internet news sites; and whether citizen journalists threaten to replace traditional news gatherers.

Ponce, anchor and managing editor of the news affairs program, Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV Channel 11, is a Distinguished Professional in Residence in Loyola’s School of Communication. In addition to teaching at Loyola, Ponce hosts an annual fall forum exploring critical issues in journalism.

The forum, sponsored by the School of Communication, will be held at Loyola’s Water Tower Campus in Kasbeer Hall, on the 15^th Floor of 25 E. Pearson Street. A campus map is available at: http://www.luc.edu/values/campus/vt_watertower.html

For more information, contact John Slania, Loyola’s Journalism Program Director, at 312 915-6524 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .