Broadcaster Stamberg to visit

National Public Radio broadcaster Susan Stamberg will visit Tuesday, Oct. 16, to deliver her talk, “Forgive Us Our Press Passes,” for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Ralph O. Nafziger Lecture.

The free public event will begin at 4 p.m. in Frederic March Play Circle, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

After 14 years as one of the hosts, she anchored NPR’s “Weekend Edition” and has reported on cultural issues for all NPR programs. Stamberg’s interviews have included conversations with civil rights activist Rosa Parks, Nancy Reagan, jazz musician Dave Brubeck and novelist James Baldwin. In addition, she is the author of “Talk: NPR’s Susan Stamberg Considers All Things” (1993: Turtle Bay Press/ Random House) and “Every Night at Five: Susan Stamberg’s “All Things Considered’ Book” (1982: Pantheon). These days, she is a special correspondent.

Jack Mitchell, former NPR exec and professor of journalism and mass communication, predicts Stamberg’s audience will be able to learn a great deal from Stamberg, about the fourth estate and life in general. He says students especially will benefit. “She should excite and inspire — as well as inform — everyone who hears her,” he says. “She was a successful woman in journalism before it was common. She also has managed better than most people do to combine a career with a commitment to family and her personal life.”