Challenges in Broadcast Journalism

Speaker: 
Carole Simpson
 
05 Oct 2000
 
8:00 PM
 
Sun Room, Memorial Union

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Carole Simpson is a senior correspondent for ABC News. A television broadcaster for more than 20 years, Carole Simpson anchored ABC's "World News Tonight Sunday"for 15 years, through October 2006, and continues to serve as an Emmy Award-winning senior correspondent for ABC News. Simpson won national praise for her role as the sole moderator for the 1992 presidential candidate "town hall" debate between George Bush and Bill Clinton. She was one of the reporters on the critically acclaimed documentary, "Black and White in America" and anchored three, hour-long ABC News Specials on "The Changing American Family," "Public Schools in America" and "Sex and Violence in the Media." In 1990, Simpson was a member of the "Nightline" team in South Africa and helped anchor ABC's live coverage of the release of Nelson Mandela from his 27-year imprisonment. She also has anchored many major breaking news stories such as the Persian Gulf War, the Tiananmen massacre and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings. Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics

Her efforts on behalf of women and minorities include serving as chair of the ABC News Women's Advisory Board, vice chair of the International Women's Medical Foundation, and as a member of the board of directors of the National Commission of Working Women. Simpson has established several college scholarships for women and minorities pursuing careers in broadcast journalism at the University of Michigan, where she earned a B.A. in journalism. She did graduate work at the University of Iowa. Simpson visited campus on October 5 as the 2000 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics and as a part of the university's celebration of Women's Week. Simpson spoke to more than 300 people. Prior to her presentation, Simpson met with members of the Iowa State community at a reception, joined students and friends of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics for a dinner and discussion, and participated in a celebration of the Plaza of Heroines at Carrie Chapman Catt Hall.