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| WUSF Brings Celebrated NPR War Correspondent and All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly to Sarasota “Listen Up Luncheon” events feature a series of hosts from National Public Radio SARASOTA, Fla. (August 31, 2023) – WUSF Public Media is proud to bring the celebrated NPR war correspondent and book author Mary Louise Kelly to Sarasota this October 27 for WUSF’s “Listen Up Luncheon” series, plus a special VIP, private reception in advance. Tickets to the events are on sale to WUSF members and go on sale to the general public September 21 at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets, see this link: WUSF’s Listen Up Luncheon 2023 Tickets Now co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Mary Louise Kelly is well known to NPR listeners for her decade of reporting as a national security correspondent from conflict areas across the world. She brought “All Things Considered” to Helsinki for the infamous Trump-Putin summit. She has tracked CIA and military troops through the Khyber Pass and reported from Hamburg mosques, Baghdad streets and Belfast bars. Kelly has also turned her expertise in war zones to fiction writing and authored a debut espionage novel, “Anonymous Sources,” published by Simon and Schuster in 2013, plus a second novel, “The Bullet.” Most recently, she authored the parenting book “It. Goes. So. Fast.” about choices she had to make balancing reporting on world affairs with being a mother of two boys. “Mary Louise is treasured by our listeners, and we are thrilled she will be here in person,” said WUSF General Manager JoAnn Urofsky. “In addition to her reports from danger zones, she is very candid about coming to grips with the reality that working parents face. She brings a global perspective to hosting All Things Considered.” A Georgia native, Kelly graduated from Harvard University in 1993 with degrees in government, French, and literature. She subsequently completed a master’s degree in European studies at Cambridge University. Kelly’s first job was pounding the streets as a political reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She made the switch to broadcasting in 1996, joining a team that launched the BBC/Public Radio International show “The World.” She has worked at CNN as London correspondent and reporter for the BBC and elsewhere. WUSF’s Listen Up Luncheon series gives residents of this region a chance to meet and ask questions to some of the world’s most prominent journalists, writers and more. Held each year in Sarasota, this event will be hosted by staff of WUSF Public Media. This event is made possible in part with sponsorship from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and others. Time: Registration and Networking at 11:30 a.m. Program at Noon – 1 p.m.Date: Friday, October 27, 2023Place: Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34236Tickets: WUSF’s Listen Up Luncheon 2023 Tickets, Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM | Eventbrite For more information, see https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/listenup or contact Kathy Jordan of WUSF at kathyj@wusf.org, (941) 359-4240. About WUSF Public MediaWUSF Public Media is a comprehensive media organization that provides media services to the community and businesses through public broadcasting and multi-media production services. Licensed to the University of South Florida, WUSF Public Media serves the public interest through programming, educational outreach and community partnerships. For more information, visit www.wusf.org. |