Join the New England Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and New England Newspaper & Press Association for a free event. A conversation with CNN’s Don Lemon about his new book, This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism, moderated by Carla Gauldron, Program Director, Teens in Print.
https://zoom.us/j/98084926034
Or we will be going live on the NENPA Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nenpa
A news veteran of Chicago, Lemon reported from Chicago in the days leading up to the 2008 presidential election, including an interview with then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel on the day he accepted the position of Chief of Staff for President-elect Barack Obama. He also interviewed Anne Cooper, the 106-year old voter President-elect Obama highlighted in his election night acceptance speech after he had seen Lemon’s interview with Cooper on CNN.
He has served as moderator for CNN’s political town halls, co-moderated the first 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate and co-hosted Color of Covid special that addressed the pandemic’s impact on communities of color. Lemon served as the network’s leading voice guiding viewers through the death of George Floyd and the summer of nationwide protests and riots.You are invited to a Zoom webinar.