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Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series welcomes Bob Garfield of NPR's "On the Media"
February 27, 2008
Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series welcomes NPR's Bob Garfield, co-host of "On the Media," to Macalester College on Monday, March 24.
Garfield will discuss the future of news media: the lens through which we see the world and the world sees us.
WHAT: Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series welcomes NPR's "On the Media" co-host Bob Garfield for a discussion on the future of news media
WHEN: Monday, March 24, 7–8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Weyerhaeuser Chapel, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul
ADMISSION: FREE, but tickets are required. Tickets can be found at all four Twin Cities Bibelot Shops locations beginning March 4.
TUNE IN: The event will be recorded for broadcast (broadcast date TBA).
MEDIA: Print, broadcast and internet journalists are welcome to attend. Please contact Jennifer Haugh at (651) 290-1369 or jhaugh@mpr.org for accommodations, including a media mult box.
About Bob Garfield
NPR's Bob Garfield has been a columnist for USA Today and contributing editor for Civilization and the Washington Post Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated and many other publications. "Ad Review," his television criticism column in Advertising Age magazine, has been described as the most read and discussed column in the advertising industry.
The prolific Garfield is also the author of two books, "And Now a Few Words from Me," a look at the best and the worst in contemporary advertising; and the collection "Waking Up Screaming from the American Dream." Garfield co-wrote "Tag, You're It," a song performed by Willie Nelson, and also wrote an episode of the short-lived NBC sitcom Sweet Surrender. Garfield's radio broadcast career began with his position as longtime commentator and correspondent for NPR's All Things Considered. He later worked as an analyst and correspondent for CBS News, CNBC, PBS and the defunct Financial News Network. He is currently the advertising analyst for ABC News.
About MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series
Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series, now in its 12th season, commissions journalists and correspondents for a 24-hour residency four times a year. While here, they share their insights on their craft as well as on people and events that affect them professionally. Past journalists include Barbara Ehrenreich, columnist Thomas Friedman and NPR's Deborah Amos, Alex Chadwick, Don Gonyea and Martin Kaste.
Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series is sponsored by Macalester College, The Bibelot Shops and Dorsey & Whitney.
Minnesota Public Radio® operates a 37-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio, operating as American Public Media,™ reach more than 15 million listeners nationwide each week. Of those, more than 800,000 listen regionally, in Minnesota and surrounding states. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be obtained at www.mpr.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org.
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Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc., Nationwide and PSA data. Arbitron data are estimates only. Fall 2006/Spring 2007 average
Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
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