Terry Milewski, a long-serving correspondent for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) will deliver the University of Regina School of Journalism's 2009 Annual James M. Minifie Lecture on Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the Education Auditorium. The title of his lecture is "The Unseen Muzzle - How Timidity, Self-Censorship and Libel Chill Work Their Magic."

Milewski has been a correspondent for 31 years and has worked in 31 countries. He began working overseas in 1982, when he covered the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and has returned to the Middle East frequently, opening the CBC's Jerusalem Bureau in 1986. He spent eight years in the CBC's Washington bureau during the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, and has also worked throughout Central America and Europe. A Gemini award-winning journalist, his most recent foreign assignment was in Mumbai, India, following the November terrorist attacks.

The Annual James M. Minifie Lecture is named after one of Canada's most courageous and acclaimed journalists. Born in Burton-on-Trent, England in 1900, Minifie was the son of a hay and feed dealer who joined the adventurous pioneers then emigrating from England to Saskatchewan in 1909.

Minifie talked his way into the Canadian Army at the age of 16, serving in Europe during the First World War. On his return to Canada he attended Regina College, forerunner of the University of Regina, and went on to the University of Saskatchewan, graduating in 1923. He studied further at Oriel College at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and finished his education at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Minifie's journalism career began in 1929 when he joined the staff of the New York Herald Tribune. Throughout his career he reported from Paris, Rome, and London. Minifie had a long association with the CBC as its Washington correspondent. For 15 years, first on radio, then on television, he built up a large following.

Minifie wrote several highly regarded books before being overtaken by illness in 1968. He died in 1974.

In June 1980, the James M. Minifie Fund was set up to help support the School of Journalism at the University of Regina. The fund has provided the school with modern facilities for classes in all aspects of journalism.

Previous Minifie lecturers include: Kevin Newman, Knowlton Nash, Pamela Wallin, Arthur Kent, Charles Lynch, Valerie Pringle, Peter Mansbridge, Helen Hutchinson, Lloyd Robertson, Rex Murphy, Adrienne Clarkson, Wendy Mesley, Patrick Watson, and Alanna Mitchell.

The event is free to the public. Free parking is also provided in lots 14, 15, and 17 in the "M" areas. Phone 585-4420 for more information.