Held every year during Parents’ and Family Weekend, this program features a reading or talk by a writer who is also the parent of a first-year student.  This year’s speaker is journalist Rome Hartman, former producer of the CBS Evening News.  Hartman joined the BBC this year to develop and serve as executive producer of a BBC World News one-hour nightly newscast aimed at U.S. audiences.  The title of his Duke talk is “Alphabet Soup: From CBS to BBC, some news about The News.” Saturday, 3 November, 11am, Perkins Library, Biddle Rare Book Room.  The program is sponsored by the Duke University Libraries and is open to everyone.

• ilene.nelson@duke.edu
• 660-5816