Decline of Big Media Lecture Postponed
**The Nov. 18 lecture by CBS Correspondent Wyatt Andrews has been postponed, and a new date is yet to be determined.
Presentation Part of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business
Distinguished Leaders Series
November 18, 2009
WHAT: CBS correspondent Wyatt Andrews will speak at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business about “The Decline of Big Media” as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series. The event is open to the public.
The Distinguished Leaders Series annually brings to Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business accomplished leaders who share their unique experiences with undergraduate and graduate business students.
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, 37th & O Streets, NW, Rafik B. Hariri Building,
Lohrfink Auditorium, Washington, DC
RSVP: Media who are interested in covering the event should contact Teresa Mannix, director of media relations, at (202) 687-4080 or tmm53@georgetown.edu.
BACKGROUND:
Wyatt Andrews has been a CBS News correspondent since 1981 and has been based in Washington, D.C., since 1988. He covers the U.S. Supreme Court and is the primary correspondent for the “Reality Check” segment on The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, which focuses on political claims and distortions. Andrews also tracks national trends in health care, energy, and the environment.
Previously, he served as a CBS News White House correspondent from 1989 to 1991, during the time of the first Gulf War and summit meetings with the Soviets in Malta and Helsinki. Andrews covered the State Department for CBS News from 1988 to 1989, reporting on nuclear arms control, the Afghanistan accords, Middle East negotiations, U.S. relations with Mikhail Gorbachev, and NATO. He was CBS News’ Moscow correspondent and bureau chief from 1986 to 1988 during a crucial period in Soviet history that included the early reforms of Gorbachev, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, perestroika, and U.S.-Soviet summits in Reykjavik, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.
Andrews was a correspondent in CBS News’ Tokyo bureau from 1984 to 1986, where he covered stories throughout Asia, including the assassination of Indira Gandhi, anti-Marcos unrest in the Philippines, the Bhopal disaster, and trade conflicts. He joined CBS News in 1981 as a reporter in its Atlanta bureau. He has won three Emmy Awards for coverage of the Gandhi assassination, the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the Washington sniper case.
Prior to joining CBS News, Andrews was a reporter for WPLG-TV Miami, where he received a local Emmy Award for his reports on the exodus of Haitian refugees, as well as an Emmy and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for his series on the 1980 Miami crime wave. He also has been a reporter for WFTV Orlando and WTVR-TV Richmond, Va. Andrews holds a bachelor’s degree in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
SERIES SCHEDULE:
The remaining events in the series will be held in the Lohrfink Auditorium at 4:30 p.m. They include:
• Tuesday, Dec. 1: General Peter Pace (Ret.), former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
• Thursday, Dec. 3: Cheryl Healton, CEO of the American Legacy Foundation
• Monday, Dec. 7: Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen
• Tuesday, Jan. 26: J. Willard “Bill” Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, Inc.
About Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is a premier business school located at the center of world politics and business in Washington, D.C. Some 1,400 undergraduates, 1,000 MBA students, and 500 participants in executive education programs study business with an intensive focus on leadership and a global perspective. Founded in 1957, the business school today resides in the new Rafik B. Hariri Building, a state-of-the-art facility that blends the tradition of Georgetown University with forward-thinking functionality. For more information about Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, visit http://msb.georgetown.edu.
