CBS's Bob Simon to speak at Miami

Bob Simon, one of the most honored foreign correspondents in the business,
will speak on "Is Peace Possible in the Middle East?" at 7 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 26, in 144 Benton Hall at Miami University as part of Miami's Grayson
Kirk Distinguished Lecture Series.

A foreign correspondent for CBS News for more than 30 years, Simon is also
a correspondent for the primetime newsmagazine “60 Minutes II.” He has
covered virtually every major foreign story of the past three decades,
from the Vietnam War, Sarajevo and Tiananmen Square to the birth of
Solidarity in Poland, Ferdinand Marcos’ departure from the Philippines and
the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

Named CBS News chief Middle Eastern correspondent in 1987, Simon has come
to be known as the premier broadcast journalist in that part of the world.
During the Gulf War in January 1991, he was captured by Iraqi forces and
spent 40 days in Iraqi prisons with the other three members of the CBS
News team.

Simon has won many Emmy Awards for his work, including one in 2003. Other
honors include the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton
Award, more than five Overseas Press Club awards, several Peabody awards
and an Edward R. Murrow award.

Before joining CBS News in 1967, Simon served as an American Foreign
Service officer and was a Fulbright and a Woodrow Wilson Scholar.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the
international studies program.
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NPR PRESIDENT TO VISIT WMUB, MIAMI

        OXFORD, Ohio - The public is invited to speak with Kevin
Klose, president of National Public Radio, when he visits Miami
University Jan. 30.
Klose will be the special guest in a live broadcast of WMUB's "Forum"
7-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Miami's Marcum Conference Center.
Prior to joining NPR in December 1998, Klose served as director of  U.S.
international broadcasting, overseeing the U.S. government's  global
radio and television news services (1997-98); and president of  Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty, broadcasting to Central Europe and  the
former Soviet Union (1994-97).  Klose first joined RFE/RL in 1992  as
director of Radio Liberty, broadcasting to the former Soviet Union  in
its national languages.  Previously, Klose spent 25 years as an  editor
and national and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post. He is a
founder of the Intermedia Survey Institute of Washington, a  nonprofit
research firm specializing in media and opinion survey in  Eurasia and
is the author of five books.
NPR reaches nearly 21 million Americans each week via more than 730
public radio stations.
In addition to an interview with WMUB news director Darrel Gray,
Klose will take questions from the audience, from e-mails
([log in to unmask]) and from callers (888-877-3885).

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