[Vision2020] NEWS: Leonard Pitts speaks Friday at UI, WSU

[Kenton Bird]

Visionaries:
      Miami Herald columnist and author Leonard Pitts Jr. will speak at the 
University of Idaho at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, in the College of Law 
Courtroom. The lecture, part of the UI Diversity Dialogue series, is free 
and open to the public.

      Earlier that afternoon, Pitts will speak to journalism students from 
UI and Washington State University at 2:30 p.m. in Cascade Room 123 of the 
Compton Union Building at WSU.

      Pitts’ column about social issues, popular culture and family life is 
syndicated in more than 150 daily newspapers in
      the United States. The column has garnered awards from the American 
Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of
      Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black 
Journalists and the American Association of Sunday and
      Feature Editors. In 2002, the national Society of Newspaper columnists 
awarded Pitts its inaugural Columnist of the
      Year award. In 1992, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

      Pitts also is the author of “Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey 
to Fatherhood,” which was published in 1999.

      Leonard Pitts is a very significant voice in American journalism.  His 
columns attract readers from across the spectrum. He’s not
consistently a knee-jerk liberal or dogmatic conservative. He brings to the 
editorial page a fresh perspective on national issues and social trends.



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