CNN's Woodruff And WSJ's Hunt To Discuss Media Coverage Of American Politics, April 30

Chestertown, MD, April 15, 2003 — Washington College's Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism presents “NEW MEDIA: HOW CHANGES IN NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION AFFECT COVERAGE OF AMERICAN POLITICS,” a discussion with Judy Woodruff, host of CNN's Inside Politics, and her husband Al Hunt, Wall Street Journal columnist and co-host of CNN's Capital Gang, Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Tawes Theatre, Gibson Performing Arts Center. The discussion will be moderated by John Harwood, National Political Editor of the Wall Street Journal. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt are one of Washington, DC's best-known media couples, together following the daily political pulse of the nation. Woodruff, a 30-year veteran of broadcast journalism, joined CNN in 1993 and hosts the network's daily political roundtable Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff. In addition, Woodruff co-anchors CNN's special coverage of political conventions and summits. She has covered politics and campaigns for most of her career. Before joining CNN, Woodruff was the chief Washington correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and from 1984-1990 she anchored public television's award-winning documentary series Frontline. Prior to joining the NewsHour, Woodruff was chief Washington correspondent for NBC's Today. She also served as NBC News' White House correspondent from 1977-1982, covering both the Carter and Reagan administrations. Woodruff came to NBC News as a general assignment reporter in Atlanta in 1975. From 1970-1974, she was a correspondent for WAGA-TV, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, where she reported on the state Legislature for five years and anchored the noon and evening news. Her book, This is Judy Woodruff at the White House, published in 1982, documents her early experiences as a political journalist.
In 1997, Woodruff won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for outstanding instant coverage of a single breaking news story for CNN's coverage of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. In 1996, Woodruff and CNN colleague Bernard Shaw won the Cable ACE Award for Best Anchor Team for their work on Inside Politics. In 1995, Woodruff won the Cable ACE for Best Newscaster. In 1995, the Freedom Forum awarded Woodruff and her journalist husband, Al Hunt, the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism. In 1994, Woodruff became the first recipient of the National Women's Hall of Fame President's 21st Century Award. That same year, she and her husband were named “Washingtonians of the Year” by Washingtonian magazine for their fundraising work to fight spina bifida.
Al Hunt is the executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal and, has been a panelist on CNN's Capital Gang since 1988. Previously, Hunt was a member of the long-running Novak, Hunt & Shields, the weekly CNN program featuring in-depth interviews with top newsmakers. In 1993, he became the Journal's executive Washington editor, writing the weekly editorial page column, Politics & People, and directing the paper's political polls. He is president of the board of directors of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and a director of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., a Dow Jones subsidiary. Hunt has also served as a periodic panelist on NBC's Meet the Press and Washington Week in Review on PBS, as well as a political analyst on the CBS Morning News. He is co-author of the American Enterprise Institute's The American Elections of 1980, The American Elections of 1982, The American Elections of 1984, and the Brookings Institute's Elections American Style. Hunt was the recipient of the William Allen White Foundations national citation in 1999. Presented annually, the citation is one of the highest honors in journalism. Before graduating from college, Hunt worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal. In 1965, he became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, before transferring to its Boston Bureau in 1967, then to the DC bureau in 1969.
The Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism is sponsored by the Richard Harwood Endowment Fund, established to honor the distinguished career of the late Washington Post columnist and ombudsman Richard Harwood, who served as both a trustee of and a lecturer in journalism at Washington College.

Shields and Gigot on Campus to Discuss America's Sea Change and The Politics of the New War on Terrorism

Chestertown, MD, September 20, 2001 — On Monday, October 1, 2001, Washington College will bring together political commentators Mark Shields and Paul Gigot--co-hosts of "Political Wrap" on the Public Broadcasting System's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer--for a frank, open discussion of the changes and future direction of American politics and society in the face of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The panel discussion will be moderated by John Harwood, political editor of The Wall Street Journal, and begins at 7 p.m. in the College's Hynson Lounge. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.

Mark Shields is a syndicated columnist, Washington Post contributor, and moderator of CNN's "Capital Gang." Shields has been a NewsHour analyst since the segment began in 1987. He provided political analysis of both the 1988, 1992 and 1996 presidential elections and, in 1988, contributed to the political coverage that won a Peabody for The NewsHour. Shields also provided election analysis for CBS and NBC.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Shields has taught at Harvard University and the Wharton School of Business. He is the author of On the Campaign Trail, which documents the 1984 presidential race. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Paul Gigot is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Wall Street Journal "Potomac Watch" column and the newly named editorial page editor of the Journal. He joined Shields as a NewsHour political commentator in 1994.

His career with the Journal began in 1980 as a Chicago-based reporter. In 1982, Gigot moved to Hong Kong as the paper's Asia correspondent and became the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal in 1984. That same year he won an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting on the Philippines. Gigot took a year's leave from the Journal to serve as a White House Fellow from 1986 to 1987. A graduate of Dartmouth, Gigot went on to write for The Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong and National Review in New York. He lives in Alexandria, VA.

The Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism is sponsored by the Richard Harwood Endowment Fund, established to honor the distinguished career of the late Washington Post columnist and ombudsman Richard Harwood, who served as both a College Trustee and a lecturer in journalism at the College.

Additional Information:

Potomac Watch Farewell
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pgigot/

Shields & Gigot: Political Wrap
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/shields&gigot/political_wrap.html

Former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry and Republican Kellyanne Fitzpatrick at Washington College, Nov. 22

Chestertown, MD — The Harwood Colloquy will host former White House press secretary Mike McCurry and GenX Republican pollster Kellyanne Fitzpatrick in a one-on-one discussion about the current presidential campaign moderated by John Harwood, political editor at The Wall Street Journal. The colloquy takes place at 7:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 22, at the Casey Academic Center Forum, Washington College, Chestertown, MD. The colloquy is free and open to the public.

The match-up should generate sparks and insights from two political insiders noted for their wit and knowledge of presidential politics. White House press secretary from 1995 until 1998, McCurry was spokesman and political strategist in the Democratic presidential campaigns of Senator John Glenn, Governor Bruce Babbitt, and Senator Bob Kerrey in 1984, 1988, and 1992, respectively. He has held a variety of communications and press relations jobs in national politics and on Capitol Hill, including stints as spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, director of communications with the Democratic National Committee, and press secretary for Senator Daniel Moynihan. McCurry is president of Public Strategies Group, LLC, a Washington-D.C.-based public affairs and strategic communications consulting firm.

Fitzpatrick is founder and president of The Polling Company, a full-service conservative political consulting and public affairs research firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California. The Polling Company was pollster for the Quayle 2000 presidential campaign, with Fitzpatrick as a campaign spokesperson. She has advised former Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) and former Vice President Dan Quayle. A political analyst for CNN during the 1996 election cycle, she continues to appear on major CNN programs such as "Inside Politics," "Crossfire," and "Burden of Proof," and is a regular guest on CNBC's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews.

The Harwood Colloquy is sponsored by the Richard Harwood Endowment Fund, established to honor the distinguished career of Washington Post columnist Richard Harwood, a College Trustee and a lecturer in journalism at Washington College since 1991.