Biography
Mara Liasson is the senior national political correspondent for NPR . For 25 years she was a contributor to FOX News Channel (FNC). She joined FOX in 1997 and served as a panelist on Special Report with Brett Baier and FOX News Sunday, FOX Broadcasting Company’s public affairs program that airs nationwide each Sunday morning. Liasson joined NPR in 1985 as a general assignment reporter and newscaster. She covered Congress and served as the White House correspondent during all eight years of the Clinton administration. Now, as the senior national political correspondent her reports can be heard on the award-winning newsmagazines, All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her tenure, she has covered all the presidential elections since 1992 and reports on Senate and House races every election year. She is an expert on elections, national policy and on relations between the White House and Congress. Liasson received a Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism from September 1988-June 1989 at Columbia University in New York. Shortly thereafter, she returned to NPR as its congressional correspondent. Liasson has received numerous awards and honors for her reporting, including the White House Correspondents’ Association’s ” Merriman Smith Award” in 1994, 1995 and 1997 for excellence in daily news reporting. Her first reporting job was at The Vineyard Gazette, on Martha’s Vineyard , Mass.
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Politics and Elections
When it comes to politics and elections, Mara Liasson is of the most trusted voices in political journalism. In her positions as Political Contributor for Fox News, National Political Correspondent for NPR and the host of several award-winning news magazines, Liasson wields the experience needed to provide audiences with a solid understanding of the issues. Serving as White House correspondent during the Clinton Administration and covering every presidential election from 1992 through the current one for NPR, Liasson delivers a candid perspective on how the media will impact the politics and policy issues facing the country today.
A Hundred Years of Women Voting- Reflections on the Centennial of the 19th Amendment
Mara Liasson shares reflections on the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, and a hundred years of women voting.
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Speakers Like Mara Liasson
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile is an ABC News Contributor, veteran political strategist, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and the King Endowed Chair in Public Policy at Howard University. She previously served as interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. She managed the Gore campaign in 2000 and has lectured at more than 225 colleges and universities on race, diversity, women, leadership and restoring civility in politics. Brazile is the author of several books, including the New York Times’ bestseller Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House.
Fee Range: $12,000–$25,000
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As a nationally renowned orator, Dr. Bernice A. King has inspired thousands from all walks of life. In 1980, at age 17, she spoke in her mother's stead to the United Nations on Apartheid, thus realizing her oratorical gift. The youngest child of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bernice King is remembered by most as the five year old in the Pulitzer Prize photograph taken of her as she lay in her mother's lap during her father's funeral. She holds a B.A. degree in psychology from Spelman College and on the morning of her Ordination, she was not only awarded a Master of Divinity degree, but also a Doctorate of Law degree from Emory University. King is an advocate for the rehabilitation of at-risk youth, utilizing both her Divinity and Law degrees to keep teenagers from cycling through the legal system. Ms. King has received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wesley College and is author of Hard Questions, Heart Answers and other books.
Fee Range: $25,000–$35,000
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Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Kimberlé Crenshaw is the co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, a gender and racial justice legal think tank, and the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. • Crenshaw is known for her development of “intersectionality,” “Critical Race Theory,” and the #SayHerName campaign, and was recently named the most cited woman legal scholar in law. • Her groundbreaking work on “Intersectionality” has traveled globally and was influential in shaping the South African equality clause. • She hosts the popular podcast Intersectionality Matters!, and has moderated the widely impactful webinar series Under The Blacklight, which discusses the lethal intersection of pre-existing inequalities, opportunistic disease, and police violence. • She was named one of the 10 Most Important Thinkers in the World, and writes a column for The New Republic. She is a frequent contributor on MSNBC and NPR.
Fee Range: $50,000–$80,000
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