Chronicle Reporter Carlson to Speak in Milner Library Lecture Series

Scott Carlson, a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, will be the Bryant Jackson Lecture series speaker at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, in the Old Main Room of Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.  The lecture, sponsored by Milner Library, is free and open to the public.  It will bring to a close the spring semester Milner Library Lecture Series.

Carlson, who writes about facilities, energy, architecture and sustainability, will speak on "Libraries and the Future."   He co-directs the Building and Grounds blog and assembles the annual architecture issue.  Carlson won first prize for beat reporting from the National Education Writers Association for his article on muckraking journalist Jack Anderson.   The article led to national coverage and U.S. Senate hearings.