Frontline's David Fanning April 15, 2009

This is a great oppurtunity for anyone that is interested in the field of communications or in journalism. David Fanning is the executive producer of FRONTLINE. If you want crudentials for the show, here they are. The show has earned all of the major awards for broadcast journalism: including 39 Emmys, including a special Emmy award for excellence in documentary filmmaking (2007), 23 duPont-Columbia University awards, 13 Peabody awards and 11 Robert F. kennedy Journalism awards. Prior to overseeing FRONTLINE, Fanning developed and executive produced the international documentary series World, Frontline's progenitor. Fanning began his journalistic career in South Africa asa reporter for a local newspaper and national magazine. His first films were made in South Africa in 1970 and dealt with race and religion in his troubled homeland. After a brief stint at the BBC, he came to the United States and started a career in public television in 1973. He will be at the Palladium Theater in St. Peteresburg Wed. April 15th. He will speak for an audience of up to 800 people and will share with you some of his personal experiences and insight into the world of broadcast journalism.