Starfish Media Group

The Distinguished Speakers Board is pleased to announce its first event of the year. Soledad OBrien, former CNN anchor for Weekend Today and founder of Starfish Media Group, will be speaking on Tuesday, November 4th at CU Boulders Macky Auditorium Concert hall. Doors will open at 6:45pm and OBrien will begin at 7:30pm. OBrien is an award winning jo... urnalist, documentarian, news anchor and producer. OBrien was the originator of Black in America and Latino in America series on CNN. In June 2013 she launched Starfish Media Group, a multiplatform media production and distribution company, dedicated to uncovering and producing empowering stories that take a challenging look at the often divisive issues of race, class, wealth, poverty and opportunity, through personal stories. Starfish Media Group continues to produce Black in America and Latino in America and other programming for CNN. Also, in June 2013, OBrien joined HBOs Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel as a correspondent, and joined the Harvard University Graduate School of Education as a visiting fellow for the 2013-14 school year. In 2010, she wrote a critically-acclaimed memoir The Next Big Story: My Journey through the Land of Possibilities, which chronicles her biggest reporting moments and how her upbringing and background have influenced these experiences. OBrien came to CNN from NBC News where she anchored the networks Weekend Today. Soledad OBrien is a graduate of Harvard University and currently lives with her husband and four children in Manhattan. In the wake of several media scandals, the media has an even tougher job establishing credibility and trust among a public who is becoming ever more skeptical. With many years of experience as a journalist, Soledad OBrien discusses our scandalous times, what may have caused them, and how the general public can reacquaint itself with the truth in the media. There will be a Q&A portion with the audience following the speech. Tickets for the event will be free for CU Students with a valid BuffOne card and $8 ...Read More