Emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter Lowell Bergman will be speaking in a free lecture at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov, 19 at at the Student Union in the Multi Purpose Room.
Bergman will be discussing the current situation in Iraq as well as corporate America?s role in shaping social and foreign policy. Bergman?s career has included investigative documentaries for CBS? 60 Minutes and PBS? Frontline, but he is most widely recognized for his major role in uncovering scandals in the tobacco industry.
Currently, Bergman is working as a writer for The New York Times and has started a non-profit fund at the San Francisco Center for Investigative Reporting to support students and freelancers involved in investigative reporting. He is also a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley.
His appearance is sponsored by Associated Student Productions, Project Censored and the Student Union. For more information, call (707) 664-2382.
