PBS to air presidential forum with Tavis Smiley and journalists of color

(June 5, 2007) PBS has announced that it will broadcast “All-American Presidential Forums” featuring the Democratic candidates and moderated by Tavis Smiley. The special will mark the first time that a panel exclusively comprised of journalists of color will be represented in primetime.

Tavis Smiley, along with journalists Michel Martin of National Public Radio, nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. and USA Today and Gannett News Service columnist DeWayne Wickham, will question candidates on issues ranging from healthcare and housing to Katrina relief, the economy and the environment, among others, as outlined in the #1 The New York Times best-seller, Covenant With Black America. This forum will provide the first major opportunity for the candidates to present a detailed discourse and dialogue on their social agendas.

The candidates’ forum will air live on Thursday, June 28 from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET from Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, DC.

A second forum for Republican presidential candidates will be held on September 27, 2007, on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.


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