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Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Jineth Bedoya Comes to WKU to Receive First Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting
  • Date: Tuesday, October 4th, 20162016-10-04
  • Time: 6:30pm
  • Location: Gary A. Ransdell Hall AuditoriumGary A. Ransdell Hall Auditorium
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The WKU School of Journalism & Broadcasting will welcome Jineth Bedoya Lima, an award-winning Bogotá journalist, to campus in early October as the first recipient of the Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting.

Bedoya’s WKU visit is scheduled between two significant international events involving the speaker. She will arrive in Bowling Green following her attendance at the official peace accord signing by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), currently set for Sept. 26, where she will represent victims of the war. If passed during a national referendum on Oct. 2, the accord will end the Western Hemisphere’s longest war, lasting 52 years.

Bedoya and four other Colombian victims of violence are 2016 Nobel Peace Prize nominees for their work in defending the rights of women.  The winners of this prestigious award will be announced on Oct. 7.

The Award for Courageous International Reporting is given by the Fleischaker/Greene Fund for Excellence in First Amendment Issues at Western Kentucky University. Bedoya’s presentation and the award ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Gary A. Ransdell Hall auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

 

Contact: Dr. Loup Langton

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