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Emily Rooney

host, Greater Boston, WGBH

http://www.wgbh.org/gb/?item_id=3623430

Since Greater Boston's debut in January of 1997, host and executive editor Emily Rooney has brought her journalistic credentials and deep knowledge of Boston to the program. Emily was director of political coverage and special events at Fox Network in New York from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, she was executive producer of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings [more].

Election 2008: Review and Forecast

November 13, 2008

Congressman Barney Frank speaks with Emily Rooney, host and executive editor of WGBH's Greater Boston, in an attempt to unravel the factors that led to Barack Obama's victory in the historic 2008 election.

Greater Boston: Science City Summit

Daniel O'Connell

This one-hour, live studio audience program hosted by Greater Boston's Emily Rooney and co-hosted by The World's Lisa Mullins examines the benefits as well as the challenges that science and technology bring to Cambridge, MA and the surrounding area.

Greater Boston: Massachusetts 2020: Can We Compete?

January 17, 2007

A panel of experts discuss how well Massachusetts schools are preparing students to compete in a global economy. What knowledge and skills will be needed for the jobs of the future? And what more can be done to close the education gap between affluent and disadvantaged students?

2006 Battle of the Lawyers

November 9, 2006

Lawyers Weekly's second annual Battle of the Lawyers event includes closing arguments from top trial attorneys in some of the most famous cases in recent state history. A panel of celebrity jurors renders a verdict at the end of the evening.

2006 MA Gubernatorial Candidate Debate

October 3, 2006

A one-hour debate among the 2006 candidates for governor of Massachusetts held at the American International College in Springfield, MA, and moderated by WGBY's Jim Madigan.

Media Coverage and the War in Iraq

Leading media experts from print, radio, and television explore questions arising from the media's coverage of the war in Iraq. Journalists trained in military skills and embedded with our troops? Live broadcasts of bombings?

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