BILL MOYERS TO APPEAR IN BRYAN SERIES MARCH 13
Award-winning broadcaster Bill Moyers, one of three featured speakers in Guilford's Bryan Series this year, will appear Monday, March 13, at 8 p.m. in War Memorial Auditorium. Please note the change in date. Existing tickets will be honored.
A limited number of single-event tickets are on sale at the Greensboro Coliseum advance box office, online (www.Tickets.com), by phone (1-888-397-3100) or at selected Lowes Food Stores in the Greensboro area. There is a service charge for all tickets purchased online or by phone. Subject to ticket availability, students and employees may receive a free ticket with valid college ID at the Greensboro Coliseum box office beginning at 7 p.m. the night of the event.
Following his talk, Moyers will participate in a question-and-answer session. Questions may be submitted by e-mailing thebryanseries@guilford.edu.
Moyers is a reporter and commentator on contemporary American history, a gifted storyteller through words and images who reveals the spiritual, emotional and historical sides of our culture through his award-winning films and best-selling books. The title of his talk will be "Moyers on America: Religion and the Environment."
Since 1986, when he and his wife, Judith, established the independent production company Public Affairs Television, Moyers has produced hundreds of hours of programming including "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth," "Amazing Grace" and "Genesis." His books include the 1971 best-seller Listening to America and the 2004 book Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times.
Before establishing Public Affairs Television, he served as executive editor of "Bill Moyers' Journal" on public television, senior news analyst for the "CBS Evening News," and chief correspondent for the acclaimed documentary series, "CBS Reports." Moyers hosted a PBS news magazine, "NOW with Bill Moyers," for three years through December 2004.
A survey of television critics by Television Quarterly, the official journal of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, placed Moyers among the 10 journalists who have had the most significant influence on television news. In 1996, he received the Charles Frankel Prize (now the National Humanities Medal) from the National Endowment for the Humanities "for outstanding contributions to American cultural life." He has received every major journalism award, including the coveted Gold Baton, and more than 30 Emmy Awards.
In addition to broadcasting, Moyers was deputy director of the Peace Corps in the Kennedy Administration and special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson from 1963-67, including two years as White House press secretary. He left the White House in January 1967 to become publisher of Newsday.
A native of Oklahoma, Moyers earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and degrees from the University of Edinburgh and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Texas). He is an ordained Baptist minister.
For event information, call 336-316-2308 or visit www.guilford.edu/bryanseries. For information about the Year of Spirit and Spirituality, visit www.guilford.edu/yearspirit.
March 13, 2006