Journalist Lehrer to present “The Journalism Revolution,” Nov. 5

Event: Journalist, author, playwright and 2007 Mary Alice Davis Distinguished Lecturer Jim Lehrer will present “The Journalism Revolution.”

The lecture is free and open to the public thanks to the Mary Alice Distinguished Lectureship, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Visiting Professionals and the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.

When: 6:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 2007

Where: The Hogg Memorial Auditorium on The University of Texas at Austin campus. A map is available online.

Background: Lehrer is the executive editor and anchor of PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” which has been one of the most trusted news programs on television for more than 30 years. Nicknamed the “Dean of Moderators” by CNN’s Bernard Shaw, Lehrer has moderated 10 of the nationally televised presidential debates in the past five elections.

His journalism career began at The Dallas Morning News and later at KERA-TV, Dallas’ PBS station. He subsequently moved to Washington, D.C., and joined the National Public Affairs Center for Television where he collaborated with Robert McNeil to provide award-winning live coverage of the Watergate hearings.

He is the author of 17 novels, two memoirs and three plays. His most recent novel, “Eureka,” was published by Random House this month. He is the co-producer of “The News Hour” and producer of other programs and series, including the 2001 Emmy Award-nominated “Debating Our Destiny: Forty Years of Presidential Debates.”

Contacts:
Erin Geisler
(512) 475-8071
or
Wade Lee
(512) 232-5466