WHYY Speaker Series: Owen Bennett-Jones and Trudy Rubin

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Global Philadelphia Conversations with: Trudy Rubin

Date:

Friday, April 27, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location:

WHYY 150 N. 6th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

United States

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Website:

http://www.whyy.org/memberexperience/

Join WHYY on Friday, April 27th for a conversation between Owen Bennett-Jones, host of the BBC Newshour and Trudy Rubin, Worldview columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. During this event, the two journalists will discuss the challenges and nuances of covering the Middle East and will take questions from the audience. Chris Satullo, WHYY's Vice President for News and Civic Dialogue, will moderate. This event is FREE for WHYY and NewsWorks Members and one guest. Non members can attend for $15 per person.

Owen Bennett-Jones, and members of the BBC Newshour staff will be broadcasting live from WHYY's Philadelphia studios the morning of April 27th.

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