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Annenberg Lecture: Covering the Wild Ride the Presidential Campaign

Nancy Cordes

The Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Public Policy Center present the 2015 Annenberg Lecture, Chasing the Scooby Van and Tracking Trump to the Border: Covering the Wild Ride that is the 2016 Presidential Campaign, a talk by Penn alumna, Nancy Cordes, CBS News congressional correspondent and regular contributor to all CBS News programs and platforms.

Ms. Cordes was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Hawaii. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. She began her career as a reporter for KHNL-TV Honolulu (1995-1997). 

She received a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Ms. Cordes is CBS News’ congressional correspondent based in Washington, DC and contributes to all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She has reported on stories such as the rise of the Tea Party and the battle over President Obama’s health care law. Ms. Cordes extensively covered the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff negotiations. She was part of CBS News’ coverage of the 2008 and 2010 congressional elections and traveled with the Obama campaign during the network’s coverage of Campaign 2012. 

Ms. Cordes joined CBS in 2007 as transportation and consumer safety correspondent, where she covered stories about the nation’s transportation infrastructure and important safety issues. 

The Annenberg Lecture honors the contributions of Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg to the nation and to the world. The lecture will be held on October 6 at 6:15 p.m. in Room 109 at the Annenberg School for Communication. Advance registration required; to attend, contact Debra Williams at dwilliams@asc.upenn.edu

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