This evening was the first of the Barrett Honors College Student/Faculty Dinner series at the Taylor Place residential hall cafeteria. Tonight's faculty member was Aaron Brown, former ABC and CNN anchor, and present Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism. (Yes, that Aaron Brown.)
All the students in attendance were from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, except for Sam Richard and me, and everyone was a resident of Taylor Place except Mr. Brown and me. Naturally, most of the conversation focused on journalism and what the journalism students wanted to be upon exiting college, but Mr. Brown and I had a fantastic conversation on city management, the dichotomy of politics and administration, and growth politics. (More specifics of content to come later.)
The man is extremely nice and personable. He teaches a course in the Cronkite School about turning points in television news history, which is a class I intend to take. I remember watching the horrors of 11 September 2001 happening on my television with Mr. Brown standing from a Manhattan rooftop watching American history unfold. To be there - right next to the man - is quite an honor.
And one I will long remember.
Cheers-
Edward Jensen
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