September 30, 2005
Journalist Dan Abrams Comes to NSU for Life 101...Personally
Speaking
FORT LAUDERDALE , FL—Aspiring broadcast journalists will hear
first-hand about the challenges of pursuing the news when journalist
Dan Abrams comes to Nova Southeastern University as the second guest
of “Life 101...Personally Speaking.” The event will be held
on Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m., in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci
Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., on NSU’s main
campus.
Abrams anchors The Abrams Report on MSNBC TV, and covers legal
stories for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Today and Dateline
NBC.
Abrams will be interviewed for one hour by NSU professor Mark Cavanaugh,
Ph.D., followed by a question-and-answer session led by the auditorium
audience. A reception will be held immediately following in the lobby/plaza
area.
Abrams joined NBC News as a general assignment correspondent based
in New York in 1997. A former Court TV reporter and anchor, Abrams has
continued his legal reporting at NBC News. He has covered a number of
high-profile trials, including the Bush v. Gore post-election legal battles,
President Clinton’s impeachment trial, the Oklahoma City Bombing
Trials and Appeals, Susan McDougal’s trial, the Jon Benet Ramsey
Investigation and the Elian Gonzales legal battles.
Prior to joining NBC News, Abrams served as an anchor and reporter
for Court TV since 1992. During his tenure, he covered the O.J. Simpson
murder trial from Los Angeles, the Timothy McVeigh trial from Denver,
the International War Crimes trial from The Hague, Netherlands, and the
assisted-suicide trails of Dr. Jack Kevorkian from Detroit and Pontiac,
Michigan.
In addition to his reporting duties, Abrams was a daytime anchor for
Court TV and anchored the weekly program Teen Court TV. Abrams
served as an NBC News consultant reporting on the O.J. Simpson murder
and civil trials with regular appearances on NBC Nightly News, Today and Dateline
NBC since 1995.
An accomplished writer, Abrams has published articles in The New
York Times, The Nation, USA Today, The American Lawyer, George and
the Yale Law and Policy Review.
A limited number of tickets for the public are available on a first-come,
first-serve basis at a cost of $20 per ticket.
For additional information, or for tickets, please call 954-262-7283.
