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Veteran Broadcast Journalist Chris Wallace to Speak at Rider

Chris Wallace

Veteran broadcast journalist Chris Wallace will kick off the fall 2007 Rider University Lecture Series on Tuesday, September 25, presenting A View from Washington at 7:30 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center (BLC) Theater. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Wallace’s keynote address at Rider commemorates Constitution Day, which will be observed nationally this year on September 17. A book signing will follow his talk in the BLC Lobby.

“The Rider Lecture Committee was looking for a speaker who would appeal to students, faculty and community members,” said Dave Keenan, director of campus activities. “Mr. Wallace will have particular appeal to those in the areas of journalism and communications. We know his talk will be very insightful.”

Wallace is the host of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace (FNS), Fox Broadcasting Company’s Sunday morning public affairs program. He also contributes to the network’s political and election news coverage. He joined the Fox Network in 2003.

As host of FNS, Wallace has conducted interviews with many newsmakers, including all the contenders for the 2008 Presidential campaign, top national and international figures, and his controversial interview with former President Bill Clinton about the Clinton Administration’s actions concerning Bin Laden.

Before joining Fox News, Wallace worked at ABC News for 15 years, where he served as the chief correspondent for Primetime Thursday and as a guest host for Nightline.

During his career, Wallace has won every major award for broadcast journalism, including a Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, three Emmys, the George Foster Peabody Award and the George Polk Award.

In 2004, Wallace wrote Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage. The book was widely touted as an informative study of American presidential leadership.

Prior to joining ABC News, Wallace worked at NBC News, where he served as the chief White House correspondent from 1982 to 1989. While at NBC News, Wallace covered the 1980, 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns as well as the Democratic and Republican conventions in those years. Wallace also anchored Meet the Press from 1987-1988 and anchored the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News from 1982-1984 and 1986-1987. He joined NBC as a reporter with WNBC-TV in New York City in 1975.