A lively talk with WAMC President & CEO
Alan ChartockProfessor Emeritus at the University at Albany
Saturday, October 20, 2pm NOTE ROOM CHANGE: H-402 Hawthorne Building, marked H on campus map found here Berkshire Community College 1350 West Street, Pittsfield Mass.
Please note: pre-registration has closed. You may pay at the door!
Join us for another fascinating discussion in OLLI's 2018 Distinguished Speakers Series, co-chaired by Hope Hagler and Lance Sterman.
Dr. Alan Chartock is a well-known political commentator, writer, professor, and radio host, as well as president and chief executive officer of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, a position he has held since 1981.
He was a professor of political science at SUNY New Paltz and is professor emeritus of communications at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. In addition he is the executive publisher and project director for the Legislative Gazette, an online blog and radio show covering New York State government. Chartock writes a syndicated column on politics which appears in newspapers throughout New York State. A second column, I Publius, appears in The Berkshire Eagle each Saturday.
Chartock participates in a broad swath of WAMC's radio programs, including hosting The Capitol Connection, a weekly program of interviews with New York politicians, participating on The Media Project, a show in which he and other local journalism professionals discuss topical media issues, along with Vox Pop, Congressional Corner, The Roundtable, Midday Magazine, and Northeast Report.
Advance tickets are available online here or by phone at 413.236.2190 Admission is $10 for OLLI at BCC members, and $15 for the general public. Admission is free to Berkshire Community College students and youth 17 and under.
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