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Boston Globe Columnist Ellen Goodman Will Speak at University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts

September 22, 2003

Ellen Goodman, the Boston Globe columnist whose Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary appears in 450 newspapers, will speak at 8 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts.

Tickets are free but must be reserved at (804) 289-8980.

Her appearance will be part of ceremonies to dedicate Weinstein Hall, the university's new social sciences building. It also will be the first event in a new arts and sciences lecture series named in honor of retired Richmond professors Irby B. Brown and Robert S. Alley.

Goodman's speech is titled "The Political Is (Too) Personal, the Trivial Is (Too) Important and Television News Is an Oxymoron."

Goodman's first position was at Newsweek as a researcher, at a time when men held most writing jobs. She landed a job as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press in 1965. In 1967, she began writing her column for the Globe. In 1976, the Washington Post Writers Group syndicated her column.

"Turning Points," her first book, detailed the effect of the changing roles of women on the family. She also has published five collections of her columns and is co-author with Patricia O'Brien of "I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives."