MEDIA ADVISORY: Byron Pitts available for media Q & A before WVU Festival of Ideas presentation

WHO: Byron Pitts, a multiple Emmy award winning journalist, contributor to “60 Minutes” and chief national correspondent for “The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.”

WHAT: A brief question-and-answer session with Pitts

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7-7:15 p.m. (David C. Hardesty Festival of Ideas lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair ballrooms; news release available “here”: http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/02/01/emmy-award-winning-journalist-pitts-kicks-off-wvu-festival-of-ideas-on-feb-4.

WHERE: Kanawha Room in West Virginia University’s Mountainlair

PARKING: Park in Area 9 of Mountainlair garage with media parking pass; call News and Information Services at 304-293-6997 if you need a pass

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CONTACT: News and Information Services
304-293-6997