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Name: Wisconsin on the Air: 100 Years of Public Broadcasting in the State that Invented It
Start: 2024-05-09
End: 2024-05-09
Location: Village of Cottage Grove Library Board

Thursday, May 9, 2024

7:00pm

Free & open to the public

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Village of Cottage Grove Library Board

221 E Cottage Grove Rd.

Cottage Grove, WI 53527

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The Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau offers an exciting opportunity for our historians, curators and authors to visit your community and share the stories of our great state.

Jack Mitchell developed the flagship program "All Things Considered" for National Public Radio before becoming the head of the first public broadcasting system in the U.S. - Wisconsin Public Radio! He'll share tales and history from his 2016 book Wisconsin on the Air: 100 years of Public Broadcasting in the State that Invented It, including the importance of the "Wisconsin Idea" to WPR, radio personalities, funding challenges and more! There will be a question and answer following the presentation.

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Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell was the head of Wisconsin Public Radio for twenty-one years. He is currently a professor emeritus in the University of Wisconsin's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and serves on the boards of the Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.