IU to host famed speakers this fall

The School of Journalism announced its fall lineup of three big-name speakers Monday, including a best-selling author, a radio personality and an editor of one of the nation’s most-esteemed newspapers.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love,” will speak at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 at the IU Auditorium.

National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the IU Auditorium.

Leonard Downie, executive editor of the Washington Post since 1991, will wrap up the series with a presentation at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave.

All lectures are free and open to the public.