Syndicated columnist and political analyst Mark Shields will speak in Akin Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss his experiences in American politics and journalism.
Shields is the second guest in this year’s Artist Lecture Series.
The Massachusetts native will give his viewpoint on today’s national headlines, the Obama Administration and the 2012 presidential election.
Called the “wittiest political journalist in America” by The Wall Street Journal, Shields has covered the administrations of nine U.S. presidents.
After serving in the United States Marine Corps, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he was an aide to Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire.
For 11 years, Shields help managed state and local political campaigns as a poltical director and other leadership positions.
He worked for Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign.
In 1979, he served as an editorial writer for The Washington Post. In 1988, he provided weekly political commentary for the award-winning PBS News Hour with David Gergen of The New York Times.
He still appears weekly on the program.
After spending 17 years as a moderator on CNN’s Capital Gang, he is now a panelist on weekly public affairs show Inside Washington, which airs on both ABC and PBS.
Tickets are free to MSU students, staff and faculty.
The event will cost $18 for MSU alumni, active-duty military and senior citizens.
It will be $20 for the general public.
Tickets are available at the Information Desk in Clark Student Center.
