"Washington Week"

"Washington Week," the longest-running public affairs program on PBS, visited Minneapolis as part of a 10-city tour during the 2008 campaign season, sponsored nationally by AARP.

Host and moderator Gwen Ifill was joined in discussion by Michele Norris, co-host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate Magazine, and Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME Magazine. Following a live taping of its classic program to air nationwide on PBS, an additional special half-hour program, "Washington Week EXTRA: Minnesota Edition," was taped with Ifill and her panel that included questions from the audience.

Gwen Ifill

Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for the "PBS NewsHour." She is also the best-selling author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (Doubleday, 2009).

Gwen reports on a wide range of issues from foreign affairs to U.S. politics and policies, interviewing national and international newsmakers. She has covered six presidential campaigns and moderated two vice presidential debates -- in 2004 the debate between Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat John Edwards and in 2008 the debate between Democratic Senator Joe Biden and Republican Governor Sarah Palin.

Each week on "Washington Week," Gwen leads a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major stories emanating from the nation’s capital. Now in its 42nd year on the air, "Washington Week" is the longest-running prime-time news and public affairs program on television.

When

Friday, August 29, 2008

Where

Ted Mann Concert Hall
2128 4th Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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