“Journalism and Democracy in Crisis,” Ole Miss
March 4, 2020
International Education Week Keynote, University at Buffalo,The Media Revolution: What It Means to You
November 2015
“Our society pays for it when we consume junk,” Overholser said. “Remember that as your own curator, you will be as healthy as the news you choose.” The Spectrum, University at Buffalo.
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FIU Hearst Distinguished Lecture: Leading from the Outside: Rethinking Journalism Leadership When Change is the New Normal
October 2015
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New York Press Association Spring Convention, Saratoga Springs
March 2015
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St. Andrews University Commencement Speech
May 2014
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Norm Brewer First Amendment Lecture: University of Memphis
March 2014
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USC Annenberg Commencement 2013
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Knight lecture at Stanford 1992
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Partial list of named lectures
2015 “Leading from the Outside,” Hearst Distinguished Lecturer, Florida International University
2014 “Objectivity and the News,” Norm Brewer First Amendment Lecture: March 4, 2014, University of Memphis
2013 “Responsible Public, Responsible Journalism,” Civitas Iverson Lecture, Augustana College
2012 “Better Days to Come: Seeing the Promise in Journalism’s Upheaval,” Riverside Press Enterprise lecture series
2004 “Toward a New Media Ethic for a New Media Environment,” Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Missouri
2004 “High Hopes and Dire Warnings,” Silha Lecture, University of Minnesota
2003 “Ethics in Journalism,” Neil Shine Lecture, Michigan State University
2003 “Journalism Under Challenge,” Marquis Lecture, Coe College, Iowa
2002 “What Good is Journalism?” Ralph McGill Lecture, Grady College, University of Georgia
2002 “Journalism in Peril: How America”s Profit-Pressured Media Are Failing Our Democracy,” Commonwealth College Distinguished Visitor Lecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2001 Estlow lecture, Denver University
1999 Knight Lecturer, University of Notre Dame (1999 Journalist in Residence)
1998 Town Hall Lecture series, Fresno, CA
1996 Joe Creason Lecture, University of Kentucky
1996 Reed Sarratt Lecture, University of North Carolina
1996 William R. Mathews Lecture on Ethics in Journalism, University of Arizona
1995 Leah Kaplan Lecture, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford
1992 “What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You: The Press and Public’s Know-Nothing Pact,” John S. Knight Distinguished Lecturer, Stanford University
1992 National Events Series, Iowa State University
1992 Riverside Press-Enterprise Lecture Series
1991 Ruhl Lecture, University of Oregon School of Journalism
Commencement speeches: St. Andrews University, USC Annenberg School of Journalism, Medill School at Northwestern, Iowa State University, University of Iowa College of Law, Grinnell College