washington post
reporter to speak at cornell fine arts Museum
WINTER PARK, FL — Michael Grunwald, a national reporter for the
Washington Post, has won numerous journalism prizes, including the George Polk
Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative
reporting and the Society of Environmental Journalists award for in-depth
reporting. He has covered everything from AIDS in Africa to Hillary Clinton’s
Senate campaign to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; he wrote the Post’s lead
news story about the September 11 attacks. In 2006, Simon & Schuster published
his first book, The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of
Paradise. It received four-star reviews from Kirkus, Booklist and
Publishers Weekly, which called it “enthralling.” The New York Times has called
Grunwald “a terrific writer.” Michael Grunwald will present a free public
lecture on Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. on the campus of Rollins College in
the Bush Auditorium.
Sponsored by the
Rollins College’s Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Program, this lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition
Tranquil Vista: 19th Century Landscapes/ Featuring the
Marion W. and Samuel B. Collection at the Cornell showing at
the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, September 8 through December 31.
The galleries are
open Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5 and Sunday, 1-5; admission is $5
for adults. There is no charge for CFAM Members, or Rollins College
Faculty, Staff, and all Students with current ID.
For publicity images
and interviews, please contact Vicki Brodnax at 407-646-1595 or
email vbrodnax@rollins.edu.
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