2015 “An Evening of Conversations and Connections” event held with the Washington DC alumni club at the headquarters of National Public Radio (NPR) and coordinated with UD's Center for Political Communication (CPC). The event featured a panel discussion on "The New World of Digital Politics" moderated by Ralph Begleiter, founding director of UD’s CPC, the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Communication, and a distinguished journalist in residence; and featuring panelists Domenico Montanaro (AS01), NPR supervising political editor; Brian Donahue, GOP digital strategist and chief executive officer and founder of CRAFT; Lindsay Hoffman, associate director of UD's CPC and associate professor in the departments of Communication / Political Science and International Relations; and Sam Sanders, a reporter with NPR's election unit who covers the intersection of pop culture and politics. - (Evan Krape / University of Delaware)

Sept. 7: National Agenda

Article by UDaily staff Photo by Evan Krape September 06, 2016

NPR's Montanaro, Sanders to open 'Road to Presidency' series

University of Delaware alumnus Domenico Montanaro, supervising political editor for National Public Radio, and NPR correspondent Sam Sanders will be featured as the fall National Agenda “Road to the Presidency” series opens at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Mitchell Hall.

All National Agenda events are free and open to the public.

Montanaro, a 2001 UD graduate, is National Public Radio’s lead editor for politics and digital audiences. Before joining NPR in 2015, he served as political director and senior producer for politics and law at PBS NewsHour.

Sanders is a reporter for NPR’s Washington desk and also co-hosts the NPR Politics podcast.

The director of the series is Lindsay Hoffman, associate director of UD's Center for Political Communication and associate professor of communication.

National Agenda 2016 is supported by the William P. Frank Foundation of Delaware and UD’s College of Arts and Sciences and Office of the Provost.