ELON COLLEGE – Robert MacNeil, who has spent nearly 40 years in broadcast journalism and is one of the most respected television journalists in America, will speak Wednesday, March 10 at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College.
The former anchorman and executive editor of The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour will speak at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre in the Faith Rockefeller Model Center for the Arts on the college’s campus. He will discuss the differences in writing fact and fiction, a distinction he believes the news business may be blurring. The speech is free and open to the public.
MacNeil’s latest book, “Breaking News,” is a behind-the-scenes novel about the competitive world of television news.
During his journalism career, MacNeil has worked for the Reuters News Agency in London, NBC News and PBS, where he co-anchored the award-winning MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour for 20 years with Jim Lehrer.
MacNeil has won many awards and is a member of the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame. He is the author of several books, including the best sellers “Woodstruck” and the novels, “Burden of Desire” and “The Voyage.”
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