Bob Woodward, best-selling writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, will kick off the eighty fifth season of City Corridor on October 19 on the William Saroyan Theatre.
Woodward’s matter for the ten:30 a.m. speak: Will investigative journalism survive?
Maybe nobody is best positioned to reply that query than the journalist who teamed up with Carl Bernstein to uncover the Watergate scandal, which finally pressured President Richard Nixon to resign from the White Home.
Practically 50 years later, Woodward stays America’s most interesting investigative journalist and columnist of American presidents.
He “stands out as the biggest journalist of all time,” says Bob Schieffer of CBS Information.
Woodward teamed up with journalist Robert Costa on the guide “Peril,” which examined the transition from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden. This guide culminated Woodward’s trilogy on the Trump presidency, which additionally included “Worry” and “Rage.”
Worry bought over 1,000,000 copies in a single week, and Rage bought 600,000 copies the week it was launched.
This season’s program
Woodward is only one of six headliners for Metropolis Corridor’s 2022-23 season. To study extra in regards to the audio system and their matters, click on on the hyperlinks of their names beneath:
November 16 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and writer Rosanne Money
January 18 — Finest-selling writer and New York Instances columnist Thomas L. Friedman
February 22 — Harvard Regulation College Constitutional Researcher Noah R. Feldman
March 15 – Distinguished Lecturer and Professor of Drugs at UC San Francisco Susan Lynch
April 19 — Academy Award-winning actress and advocate for the deaf and exhausting of listening to Marlee Matlin
Season tickets
Tickets for all six talks are $160 every and are accessible on this hyperlink.
About San Joaquin Valley Metropolis Corridor
The non-profit group is managed and maintained by a Board of Administrators made up of 25 all-volunteer members.
Its mission is to deliver nationally and internationally acknowledged thought-provoking audio system who inform, educate and entertain Fresno audiences.
GV Wire is a co-sponsor of the lecture collection.
