Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Bernstein to Present Harry T. Wilks Lecture

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Carl Bernstein, a Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist/Author and Political Analyst, will present ?Current Events, the Media, and Truth? for the annual Harry T. Wilks Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at Miami University Hamilton?s Parrish Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. Bernstein shared a Pulitzer Prize with Bob Woodward for his coverage of Watergate for The Washington Post. His most recent book is the acclaimed biography, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Among other works, he is the author, with Woodward, of All the President?s Men andThe Final Days, and, with Marco Politi, of His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time. Bernstein was born and raised in Washington, DC and began his journalism career at age 16 as a copyboy for The Washington Evening Star, becoming a reporter at 19. He was a Washington bureau chief and correspondent for ABC News. At The Washington Post, Bernstein also was a part-time rock critic, and he still occasionally writes about music. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture.