Broadcast Media Speakers

Larry King

A captivating storyteller and keen commentator on life and history, Larry King continues to fascinate audiences as a keynote speaker. With his gift for humor and broad range of experience, an evening with King is guaranteed to leave audiences feeling enlightened and entertained.

Dan Rather

For decades, Rather was the face of the news as CBS News anchorman and reporter, delivering audiences the most defining moments in our recent history. He continues to call them as he sees them as a keynote speaker on media and national issues, and as the host of Dan Rather Reports on HD Net. As a speaker, his ...

Juan Williams

A prize-winning columnist and former editorial writer for The Washington Post, Juan Williams is also a Fox News correspondent and a keynote speaker on issues including diversity, ethics, leadership, media and national issues. There are few voices as clear and intelligent on the power of diversity within today's ...

Robin Meade

The anchor of Morning Express with Robin Meade, airing on CNN's spinoff news channel HLN, Robin Meade has reported on many of today's most pressing issues – from politics and world events to momentous pop culture occurrences. Meade draws on her extensive knowledge of world affairs and experience as an anchor and ...

John King

John King is the anchor of CNN's John King, USA. On the air and in his speaking engagements, King offers in-depth analysis, discussion and commentary on a blend of politics, national and world affairs,and social, cultural and media trends.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Hunter-Gault made civil rights history as the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Georgia. Now, as one of television's premier journalists, she challenges convention with her insights. A special correspondent for NPR based in South Africa, she has written New News Out of Africa, which ...

Bob Simon

As one of the most honored journalists in international reporting, Bob Simon has chronicled the most important events of the past 30 years for CBS News. The network's chief Middle East correspondent since 1987, he has been a regular contributor to 60 Minutes for over 15 years.

Michael Eric Dyson

Named by Essence magazine as one of the 50 most inspiring African Americans, Dyson is one of the nation's most renowned public intellectuals, revitalizing the role with the fervor of an ordained Baptist minister. Called "a street fighter in a suit and tie," he takes on the toughest and most controversial issues of ...

Lee Woodruff

After her husband, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, sustained a critical brain injury in Iraq, they together penned In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing, The New York Times best-selling book about their family’s difficult journey through Bob’s recovery. Now, in her latest book, ...

Rob Gifford

An NPR Foreign Correspondent and China Editor of The Economist magazine, Gifford authored the critically acclaimed China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power.

Carmen Wong Ulrich

Carmen Wong Ulrich is a uniquely talented debt management specialist known for her realistic and valuable credit crisis advice. With a diverse background in personal finance, she has established herself as one of today's leading authorities and commentators on the subject, appearing hourly on MSNBC's It's the Economy ...

Pat Mitchell

The former President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service, Mitchell is the first woman and first producer to serve as CEO of the nation's largest and only non-commercial broadcasting service. She is now the President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media. A former network correspondent and head of Time Warner's CNN ...

Keith Olbermann

Liberal political commentator Keith Olbermann is the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, a nightly countdown of the day's biggest stories. He is also the Chief News Officer of Current TV.

Claire Shipman

An experienced broadcast journalist who has covered stories in both the United States and Moscow, Shipman can be seen as the senior national correspondent for ABC News' Good Morning America. She has also reported on presidential policy and politics for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and The Today ...

Steve Curwood

We all know the doom and gloom about our lifestyles and the planet. But Curwood, Host and Executive Producer of “Here on Earth” on NPR, details how we have the power to keep the Armageddon of our planet from happening. All we have to do is act smart about how we live, transforming challenges into opportunities for ...

John Quinones

John Quiñones is the Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC's Primetime and has been with the network for nearly 25 years. During his tenure he has reported extensively for ABC News, predominantly serving as a correspondent for Primetime and 20/20.

Deborah Norville

As the anchor of the nation's top rated syndicated newsmagazine, Inside Edition, Norville is an acclaimed television journalist, active volunteer, and author of Back On Track: How to Straighten Out Your Life When it Throws You a Curve, I Don't Want to Sleep Tonight, and Thank You Power: Making the ...

Maria Hinojosa

For 25 years, Maria Hinojosa has helped tell America's untold stories, many around themes of diversity and the cultural richness of the American experience. She is the anchor and editor of NPR's "Latino USA," a reporter for PBS's Frontline, and anchor of the Emmy-winning talk show One-on-One.

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program airing on CNN/US weekdays. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served as CNN's weekend anchor before moving to the 7pm hour in March 2003, following the war in Iraq.

Bob Schieffer

Broadcast journalism's most experienced Washington reporter, Bob Schieffer has been anchor and moderator of CBS's Face The Nation since May 1991. CBS's chief Washington correspondent for over 30 years, Schieffer is one of the few broadcast and print journalists to have covered all four major beats in the nation's ...