"60 Minutes" co-editor Lesley Stahl will speak at UNLV on Feb. 22 as part of the Barrick Lecture series.
"Television, Politics and the Economy" will be the topic of her 7:30 p.m. lecture at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall.
The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets may be picked up at the Performing Arts Center box office at Ham Concert Hall beginning Feb. 18.
Stahl currently is in her fourth year at "60 Minutes." Her first story for the CBS news magazine -- a piece on the selling of babies in Romania -- was broadcast in April 1991.
Before joining the "60 Minutes" staff, she was the network's chief White House correspondent, beginning in 1989. She also covered the White House for CBS from 1978 until 1986.
Stahl is one of the most experienced journalists in network television, having covered stories ranging from Watergate to the attempt on President Reagan's life in 1991. She has reported on every U.S.-Soviet Summit meeting since 1978, every Economic Summit since 1979, and every national political convention and election night since 1974.
Stahl joined CBS in 1972 as a Washington-based reporter and was named a correspondent in 1974.
She served as moderator of the CBS Sunday public affairs show "Face the Nation" from 1983 until 1991. For six months beginning in October 1990 she served as co-anchor of the weekly late-night CBS news program "America Tonight."
From 1986 until 1989 Stahl was the national affairs correspondent for the network.
Stahl also has contributed to "48 Hours" and has been a substitute anchor on the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather."
In 1990, Stahl received the Dennis Kauff Journalism Award in Boston for lifetime achievement in the news profession. In 1993, she received a Matrix Award for broadcasting from the New York Women in Communications, Inc. Stahl was elected to the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1992 by "Broadcasting Magazine."
A graduate of Wheaton College, Stahl was born in Swampscott, Mass.
The Barrick Lecture Series at UNLV presents nationally and internationally known speakers each semester through a grant from philanthropist Marjorie Barrick.
For additional information on Stahl's appearance at UNLV, call 895-3801.
