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Monday, March 12, 2007, 6:30 p.m. Concert Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC

Robert MacNeil—Broadcast Journalist, Author

Robert MacNeil is Chairman of the Board of The MacDowell Colony, the nation’s first artist residency program, which is celebrating its centennial in 2007. The MacDowell Colony awards fellowships to artists of exceptional talent—providing time, space, and an inspiring environment in which to do creative work. 

Born and educated in Canada, Robert MacNeil was a journalist for 40 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Reuters News Agency, NBC News, and the BBC, culminating in 20 years as executive editor of the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour on PBS. He is the author of three novels and three memoirs—The Right Place at the Right Time, Wordstruck, and Looking For My Country. He is co-author of The Story of English and hosted the award-winning BBC-PBS documentary series of the same name. The sequel, Do You Speak American?, was broadcast in 2005 when the companion book was published. 

Mr. MacNeil is a trustee of the Freedom Forum Newseum—the world’s first museum of journalism, now under construction in Washington, DC—and co-chairman of the Council of Conservators of the New York Public Library. He and his wife, Donna, live in New York and Nova Scotia.

How to Register:

Register online by clicking the button below:

1. You will be asked to create a username and password if you have not already done so. If you have forgotten your login information, you will be able to reset it and have it sent to the address with which you registered.
2. You must make your online ticket requests by no later 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, March 5, 2007.
3. Tickets will be reserved under your name and available for pick up on the evening of the event at the Concert Hall will call desk located just outside the doors to the theater.
4. You must pick up your tickets and be seated by no later than 6:15 p.m. on the evening of the event.
5. We are only able to accept written requests for tickets. We cannot accept any tickets requests by phone or voicemail.
6. Tickets are complimentary and nontransferable.

We look forward to seeing you there.