The series is hosting Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s and columnist for , on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in ϲ’s Hendricks Chapel.
Reid will be engaged in an on-stage conversation with Dean Lorraine Branham from the and will take questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public.
Her appearance is co-sponsored by the Newhouse School, with media sponsor . American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) are available at the lecture.
In addition to her journalistic responsibilities, Reid teaches the Newhouse School course Race, Gender and Media at SU’s in Manhattan. And she is very popular on social media with her (1.17 million followers), and accounts.
Reid is author of (William Morrow/Harper Collins, 2015) and co-editor with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne of (Bloomsbury, 2016).
Prior to her current responsibilities, Reid was host of “The Reid Report,” a daily program that offered her distinctive analysis and insight on the day’s news. Before that, she was managing editor of , a daily online news and opinion platform devoted to delivering stories and perspectives that reflect and affect African-American audiences. Reid joined theGrio.com with experience as a freelance columnist for the Miami Herald and as editor of the political blog “The Reid Report.” She is a former talk radio producer and host for Radio One as well as an online news editor for the NBC affiliate WTVJ in Miramar, Florida.
Reid served as the Florida deputy communications director for the 527 “America Coming Together” initiative during the 2004 presidential campaign and was a press aide in the final stretch of President Barack Obama’s Florida campaign in 2008.
Reid is the first of three University Lectures speakers in the month of April. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist will appear on April 13, and International WELL Building Institute Chairman and CEO G’87 will speak on April 24.
The University Lectures welcomes suggestions for future speakers. To recommend a speaker, or to obtain additional information about the series, write to lectures@syr.edu. For up-to-date information on the series, visit the University Lectures and follow on .
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