Nina Totenberg to Speak in Springfield 11/19 on US Supreme Court
Posted on Monday, November 17 2008 by Heather Brandon
Nina Totenberg, NPR’s legal affairs correspondent, will speak on Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm in Springfield at Symphony Hall downtown (pictured above right), as the season’s final Springfield Public Forum event.
The topic of Totenberg’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be the US Supreme Court, and potential impact on it from the incoming administration of Barack Obama. Symphony Hall and the Supreme Court building (pictured below right) only coincidentally happen to look quite similar.
From the Public Forum’s press release:
Ms. Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR programs All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition is also a regular panelist on Inside Washington, a weekly syndicated public affairs television program produced in the nation’s capital. On the non-broadcasting side of her career, she has written for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals, from the New York Times Magazine to the Harvard Law Review.
Nina Totenberg has won every major journalism award in broadcasting, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting, the American Bar Association’s excellence in legal reporting award, and the prestigious Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs/public policy reporting, among many others. She is also the only radio journalist to have won the National Press Foundation award for Broadcaster of the Year.
DickieNealSt
November 18th, 2008 at 11:53 amI remember being in WDC on a three day weekend when there were nine murders(thankfully, I suvived that ordeal). One of those murders was a driveby shooting near the steps of the Supreme Court building. Remember, I’m writing about WDC, not Springfield.
Will Nina be gloating about the 2-3 Lawrence Tribe types who will be appointed to the Supreme Court over the next year? Those who will abolish the ability of law abiding citizens in WDC(and the rest of the nation) to carry a handgun. I’ll take a pass on this speaking event and better utilize my time by buying a hand gun.