Florence native to receive Cason Award

Tuscaloosa - Hank Klibanoff, managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and co-author of 'The Race Beat,' will receive the 2008 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences on Thursday during a dinner in his honor at the Bryant Conference Center Rast Room.

Klibanoff, who is a native of Florence, received the Pulitzer Prize for his work on 'The Race Beat' with Gene Roberts, former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer and former managing editor of The New York Times.

Tickets for the dinner are $50. The event will begin with a 6 p.m. reception. Kilbanoff will accept the award and speak at the dinner.

For details or to order tickets, call 205-348-4787.