Political Correspondent Mark Shields To Speak
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer correspondent and moderator of CNN’s The Capital Gang comes to Canisius March 6
Buffalo, NY – Mark Shields, political correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, will speak at Canisius College on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at 8:15 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the college’s William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science. Seating is limited.
Mark Shields is a nationally known columnist and commentator with unmatched credentials as an analyst of the U.S. political system. He can be seen every Saturday night as the moderator of CNN’s The Capital Gang, alongside Robert Novak, Al Hunt, Kate O’Beirne and Margaret Carlson.
In June 1998, Shields and The Wall Street Journal’s Al Hunt joined CNN’s Evans & Novak hosts Rowland Evans and Robert Novak to form Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields.
Since 1979, Mark Shields has been writing his column on national politics for The Washington Post. The column is now distributed nationally by Creators Syndicate.
In 1987, the political analysis team of Mark Shields and David Gergen became a regular feature of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. The 1989 Political Almanac named Shields and Gergen the “best television pundits of the presidential election year.”
Since 1993, the analysis team of Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot, has been on TheNewsHour with Jim Lehrer, seen every Friday and during primaries, national conventions and elections.
Shields is also an author, whose book about the 1984 presidential campaign, On the Campaign Trail, has been praised as “funny,” “irreverent” and “insightful,” and for bringing that “race to a magnificent light.” As one reviewer wrote: “Mark Shields is the wittiest political analyst around and he is frequently the most trenchant, fair-minded and thoughtful.”
Before entering journalism, Shields helped manage political campaigns from the courthouse to the White House, in some 38 states. In addition, he has taught American politics and the press at Harvard University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
For more information regarding the lecture, contact the Office of Public Relations at (716) 888-2790.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, communities and service to humanity.