"Presidents, Politics, and the Press" will be the topic when journalist and author Bob Woodward and editor and publisher Ben Bradlee speak at UNLV on Sept. 28 as part of the Barrick Lecture Series.
The presentation is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available at the Thomas and Mack Center and Performing Arts Center box offices on Sept. 11, beginning at 10 a.m.
Woodward is currently assistant managing editor of the Washington Post, where he has worked since 1971. During his career, he has won nearly every American journalism award, including two Pulitzer Prizes: one for his reporting with Carl Bernstein in 1973 on the Watergate Scandal and another for his reporting on the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Woodward is also the only contemporary American writer to have authored or co-authored 10 national best-selling non-fiction books, including "Bush at War" in 2002 and this year's best-seller, "Plan of Attack."
Bradlee, who is widely considered to be one of the most influential newspaper editors of our time, served as the Washington Post's executive editor from 1968 through 1991. Under his leadership, the paper won 18 Pulitzer Prizes and became the exemplar of investigative journalism.
Bradlee is also the author of the best-selling memoir "A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures," which provides an insider's view into some of the most important events of the past quarter century, including the JFK assassination, the Pentagon Papers, and the Watergate scandal.
The Barrick Lecture Series, funded through a grant from philanthropist Marjorie Barrick, presents nationally and internationally known speakers from a variety of fields each year at UNLV. The presentations are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 895-2787.
