Join Detroit native, award-winning journalist, and Communication Studies alum Ron Fournier (’85) for a workshop on how communication can define leadership and inspire trust. He will explore how authenticity and empathy drive effective public engagement. Fournier will share insights from his years covering national politics as former White House Correspondent and Washington bureau chief at the Associated Press and his work in as former Detroit publisher and editor of Crain’s Detroit Business and Senior Advisor and former President of Public Relations at the lobbying firm Truscott Rossman. Fournier also published a New York Times
Bestseller, a memoir dedicated to his son, Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations (2017).
Event details: Wednesday, November 12, at 4 p.m. in the Architecture Exhibit Space. Free and open to the University community. Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences and Department of Communication Studies.