Politics, Policy and Reality: What's Really Going
on in Washington
Sunday, Dec. 5 | 3:30-5 p.m.
Keynote: Gwen Ifill, PBS’ Washington Week
As managing editor of PBS’ Washington Week, Ifill shapes and directs news coverage for one of the most iconic public affairs programs on television. The news program, because of its nature, can delve extensively behind the scenes to bring you the complete stories shaping your world. Ifill, one of the America’s most respected journalists, brings her veteran experience and trademark wit to bear on the day’s political headlines including what’s going on inside the Obama administration and on Capitol Hill, and how both affected the 2010 midterm elections. In a presentation rife with insight and wisdom gained from years of covering some of the toughest beats in Washington, Ifill gives audiences the benefit of her work on American politics, foreign policy and the biggest trends affecting business, family and government.
Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She is also frequently asked to moderate debates in national elections, most recently the vice presidential debate during the 2008 election.
Ifill joined both Washington Week and the NewsHour in 1999, interviewing newsmakers and reporting on issues ranging from foreign affairs to politics.
Before joining PBS, Ifill spent five years at NBC News as chief congressional and political correspondent, and still appears as an occasional roundtable panelist on Meet The Press.
Ifill joined NBC News from The New York Times, where she covered the White House and politics. She also covered national and local affairs for The Washington Post, Baltimore Evening Sun and Boston Herald American. She is the author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.