Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Visits Tampa Bay!
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A Florida This Week Conversation with Gwen Ifill
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Gwen Ifill, the moderator and managing editor of PBS’s Washington Week sits down with Rob Lorei, moderator and managing editor of WEDU’s Florida This Week, in this special interview recorded February 14th, 2008, at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theatre.
The first half of the interview is devoted to politics. Ifill weighs-in on Florida’s role in the race to the White House as pundits focus on the frustrated Florida delegates to the Democratic Party convention in August. She remarks, “(it’s) every political junkie’s secret fantasy to watch a convention go and not be decided in advance,” and next explains why she still considers that scenario fantasy. Lorei also asks Ifill about the “horse race” mentality that seems to pervade broadcast coverage of the 2008 Presidential contest and a remarkably long election cycle.
The last half of the engaging conversation examines journalism today, and Ifill discusses her career journey through print and broadcast news. When asked about the fate of newspapers, Ifill shares her views on the nature of on-demand information. Finally, Lorei concludes by asking Ifill her opinion of the future of PBS.
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Washington Week broadcasts from the Mahaffey Theater in St.Petersburg, Florida bringing you the latest news and analysis on campaign '08 including results from the Potomac primaries and the next big test: Texas and Ohio.
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Tampa Bay Edition
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Washington Week presents an extended Webcast Extra: Tampa Bay Edition taking questions from our live audience.
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Gwen Ifill: Inside and Outside the Beltway
"I Always Knew I Wanted to Be a Journalist"
Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, joins the president of The Poynter Institute, Dr. Karen B. Dunlap for a ‘Community Conversation’ at The Poynter Institute on Friday, February 15, 2008.
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