PBS NewsHour host Jeffrey Brown
Category: Events Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Apr 8, 2022 7pm - 10pm
Location
Boise Centre - West
850 W Front St
Details
Jeffrey Brown, Chief Correspondent for Arts, Culture, and Society for PBS NewsHour, will deliver the Idaho Humanities Council’s 24th Annual Distinguished Humanities Lecture on Friday, April 8th, 7 p.m., at Boise Centre West. The title of Brown’s talk is “The Public Good”: A Defense.
The event is supported in part by Holland & Hart, Idaho Public Television, Boise State Public Radio, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
NewsHour is public television's prestigious nightly news program viewed by millions. During Brown’s career with NewsHour he has served as co-anchor, studio moderator, and field reporter on a wide range of national and international issues.
The topic of this lecture is Brown’s observation that the notion of “public good” is under stress in many areas of our culture and politics. He reflects on his own experience attending public schools and university, as well as his own work in public broadcasting – and looks at what it means that institutions such as these all under threat at federal, state and local levels.
REQUIRED:
Masks and proof of vaccination or negative COVID test.
