Former Sarasota resident to moderate Town Hall lecture

Emmy-winning anchor and Riverview graduate Sharyl Attkisson will return March 28 to Sarasota to make her first public appearance in the wake of her highly publicized decision to leave CBS News.

On Monday, Attkisson resigned from CBS, where she had worked as a news anchor and investigative journalist since 1993. She cited her frustration with the network's liberal bias and corporate-driven censorship.

Attkisson will be returning to moderate a lecture by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall series. She was invited to moderate the event by her high school friend and University of Florida classmate, Jay Logan, who is the 2014 Ringling Town Hall chairman.

“I wanted to have Sharyl back because this is her original home and she wants all the best for Sarasota,” Logan says.

The lecture takes place at 7 p.m. March 28, at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Tickets are available at https://sarasotaopera.org/michael_bloomberg.

To read more on Attkisson's return to Sarasota and decision to leave CBS, pick up a copy of the Thursday, March 13 Sarasota Observer or Pelican Press.

Contact Nolan Peterson at [email protected].