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Jeff Greenfield

October 6, 2011

Jeff Greenfield will discuss his career as a political and media analyst with Kerri Miller. He is a veteran political, media and culture reporter and served as senior political correspondent at CBS News from 2007 - 2011. Before CBS, Greenfield had been senior analyst for CNN since 1998. During that time he served as its lead analyst for its coverage of the primaries, conventions, presidential debates and election night, as well as presidential funerals and Supreme Court nomination hearings. He also reported on the media, culture and trends for the cable network.

He has served as a floor reporter or anchor booth analyst for every national convention since 1988. He has twice been named to TV Guide's All-Star team as best political commentator and was cited by the Washington Journalism Review as "the best in the business" for his media analysis.

Before joining CNN, Greenfield was a political and media analyst for ABC News (1983-1997) and media commentator for CBS News (1979-1983).

He is the author or co-author of 12 books going back to 1971 including Oh, Waiter, One Order of Crow, an insider's account of the contested 2000 presidential election. His 1995 debut novel, The People's Choice, was a national bestseller and named by the New York Times Book Review as one of the notable books of the year. His newest book, Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics, came out in March 2011.

Isabel Wilkerson

November 10, 2011.   Register

Stephen Smith will interview Isabel Wilkerson about her experience as a reporter and about her book The Warmth of Other Suns. She was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for her reporting on the Midwestern floods of 1993.

Fifteen years in the making, The Warmth of Other Suns was a feat of reporting and research. Wilkerson interviewed over 1200 people to create a book that the New York Times called "[a] massive and masterly account of the Great Migration… a narrative epic rigorous enough to impress all but the crankiest of scholars, yet so immensely readable as to land the author a future place on Oprah's couch."

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About the Series

The Broadcast Journalist Series 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. Starting this season, the series features an exciting addition, the pairing of our national guests with Minnesota Public Radio hosts. Each Broadcast Journalist Series guest will be paired with a MPR host emphasizing Minnesota Public Radio's role in the national dialogue.

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