Award-winning journalist Frank Sesno, now the director of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, will visit the Sewanee campus Thursday, Nov. 6. He will give a talk, “Reflections on the 2014 Elections,” at 2 p.m. in Convocation Hall, and is expected to cover both politics and the media. During his visit, Sesno will also meet with students and with Sewanee’s representatives in the Planet Forward Consortium.
With more than 30 years experience reporting from around the world, Sesno is well-known as anchor, White House correspondent and talk show host with CNN; he is also a nationally renowned moderator who has engaged some of the world’s leading personalities.
Sesno joined CNN in 1984 and for seven years was White House correspondent before moving to the anchor chair. From 1996 until 2001, he served as the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau chief.
Sesno created and hosts <PlanetForward.org>, a user-driven Web and television project that brings students and experts together to examine innovations in sustainability and global food security.
At GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs, Sesno leads nearly two dozen faculty members who research and teach journalism, political communication and the impact of digital media in international affairs. He teaches classes on journalism ethics, sustainability reporting and “the art of the interview.”
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