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TV And Radio Personality, Mika Brzezinski, Featured Speaker09:01AM / Tuesday, May 12, 2009
 | | TV and Radio personality, Mika Brzezinski |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - On Friday, May 29, 2009 the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College (OLLI) will inaugurate the Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture series by presenting TV and Radio personality, Mika Brzezinski, who will discuss Journalism in the Age of Obama. The program at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield starts at 6:30 PM and is open to the public at no charge.
Ms. Brzezinski is a co-host of "Morning Joe" and an MSNBC anchor. She also reports on "NBC Nightly News" and is an alternating news anchor for "Weekend Today." Prior to joining MSNBC in January 2007, Brzezinski was an anchor of the "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition" and a CBS News correspondent who frequently contributed to "CBS Sunday Morning" and "60 Minutes."
She joined CBS News in 1997 as the anchor of "CBS News Up To The Minute," but took a short hiatus in 2000 to co-host MSNBC's weekday afternoon program "Homepage." In September 2001, she returned to CBS as their principal "Ground Zero" reporter for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Brzezinski began her journalism career in 1991 in Hartford, Connecticut, as a general assignment reporter at WTIC. A year later she joined WFSB, also in Hartford, and quickly became the weekday morning anchor.
Mona joined the Berkshire Institute for Lifetime Learning (BILL) following a successful management career and became a significant force in its development. She served on the Board of Directors and as President, and introduced the Distinguished Speaker series, now an important feature of the OLLI educational program. She was a key factor in securing the hugely important affiliation with the Osher Foundation and the merger of BILL into Berkshire Community College as an OLLI. Her energy, curiosity and interests were endless as she participated among the many cultural Berkshire organizations.
Support for this ongoing lecture series is made possible by generous contributions from friends and family of Mona Sherman to the Berkshire Community College Foundation, OLLI/Mona Sherman Fund at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, MA. 01201. |
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do u know where i can find photos for this event?
Editor: Unfortunately, we were not able to cover this event so we have no photos. | | from: ann | on: 07-12-2009 12:00AM
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do you know if the colonial theater covered this event? If not, then that's okay.
| | from: ANN | on: 07-26-2009 12:00AM
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