March
8, 2002
David
Brancaccio to Speak at MHC March 14
In a benefit program, public radio station WFCR will present
David Brancaccio, host and senior editor of Marketplace,
Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 pm in Mary Woolley Hall's Chapin Auditorium.
Brancaccio, a twenty-five-year broadcasting veteran, will take
the audience behind the scenes at public radio's daily magazine
of business and economics, relating how the Marketplace
news team covers the world of money. Brancaccio will also discuss
the collapse of Enron. His appearance, sponsored by MHC, is part
of WFCR's Fortieth Anniversary Benefit Events Series.
"We are like anthropologists," says Brancaccio, "on
the outside looking into a fascinating and sometimes alien civilizationÑthe
world of business, economics, and finance. Covering the ebb and
flow of human commerce is like covering rock and roll in the 1960s,
a beat at the cutting edge of culture." During Brancaccio's
tenure, Marketplace has won broadcast journalism's two
highest honors, the Dupont-Columbia Award (1998) and the George
Foster Peabody Award (2001).
Before taking the Marketplace host position eight years
ago, Brancaccio served in London as the European editor of the
program, covering the birth of the European union.
Brancaccio will sign copies of his book, Squandering Aimlessly
(2000), an account of his pilgrimage to talk with Americans about
wealth, which will be available for purchase, courtesy of the
Odyssey Bookshop. Tickets for Brancaccio's appearance are on sale
at the UMass Fine Arts Center box office, which can be reached
at 545-2511 or 800-999-UMASS. Student tickets ($10) will be available
at the door. Producer's Circle tickets include premium seating
and a catered reception with Brancaccio following the presentation.
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