Sept. 8, 2004

Kalb Report Returns with Guest Jim Lehrer

The award-winning public affairs series The Kalb Report returns to the National Press Club for its 40th show Sept. 20 featuring guest Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Each forum of the 2004–05 season is hosted by distinguished journalist/scholar Marvin Kalb.

For the second consecutive year The Kalb Report received a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to produce four forums during the 2004–05 academic year, two shows this fall and two more in the spring. The foundation was established in 1982 by Edith Kinney Gaylord for charitable, scientific and educational purposes, including the improvement of the quality of the practice of journalism among various media. This support includes funding for creative projects and research that promotes excellence in journalism and instills and encourages high ethical standards in journalism.

GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg initiated the series in 1994, when Kalb served as a visiting professor at the University. Since that time, the partnership has produced 39 Kalb Report forums in the main ballroom of the National Press Club with audiences comprising GW students and professionals. This highly acclaimed public affairs series is produced by GW Vice President for Communications Michael Freedman, and is a public affairs partnership between GW, The National Press Club, The Joan Shorenstein Center on The Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University and News Talk 630 WMAL Radio. The show explores topics ranging from “Ethics in Journalism” to “Covering the Private Lives of Public Officials,” and has featured guests such as Walter Cronkite, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Dan Rather, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D–NY), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer, New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel.

For tickets, visit the Marvin Center TicketMaster or call 994-6460.

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