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Political journalism panel will share stories at UTC today

Dan Lothian speaks at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014.
Dan Lothian speaks at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014. Dan Lothian speaks at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014.

Nationally known political journalists who have covered the White House and various U.S. presidents will meet in Chattanooga today to share their stories.

The UTC Department of Communication and the Office of Equity and Diversity will sponsor the panel discussion from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s University Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Panelists include former CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian and Kenneth Walsh with U.S. News & World Report, one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history. April Ryan, a 30-year journalism veteran who became the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks in 1997, also is on the panel. She is the author of “The Presidency in Black and White: My Up Close View.”

Other panelists are Kevin Bohn, who oversees CNN’s coverage of events and stories relating to the president, foreign policy, politics and breaking news that occurs on the weekends, and Arnie Parnes, senior White House correspondent for The Hill website and co-author of the best-selling book “HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton.”