Join the Los Angeles World Affairs Council of Young Professionals this Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, in a discussion with Gideon Yago. Gideon will be giving his thoughts on the changing trends in news consumption as well as his experiences covering world events for the MTV generation.
For 7 years, Gideon was the face of news and current events to millions of young adults in America. He was a correspondent and producer for MTV news in which he covered elections, wars, national crises, and social trends affecting young people.
Not only has he appeared on CBS News, Charlie Rose, The Colbert Report, but his writing has also been featured in Spin, Rolling Stone, and VICE magazines. His work has earned him numerous awards: an Emmy for his coverage of the 2004 election, a George Foster Peabody Award for his work in MTV’s “Fight For Your Rights: Sexual Health” campaign, an Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding documentary coverage of the Iraq war in 2004, and an Emmy nomination for his coverage of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.
The event will be held at the University of Southern California in the Annenberg School (Room 207, 2nd floor) and it will begin at 7pm with check-in beginning at 6:30pm. In order to purchase tickets and find out more details to this event visit www.lawac.org.
