[KFCF Friends] FFCF Annual Banquet

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Veteran Political Journalist to speak at KFCF 88.1 FM Event 
Local Peace and Civil Liberties Activists Honored 
Veteran political correspondent Larry Bensky will discuss the 2004 elections
and the national political climate at the Fresno Free College Foundation
Annual Banquet on Sunday October 24 at 7 pm . The Foundation operates
listener-sponsored radio station KFCF, which has broadcast a diverse array
of news, public affairs and cultural programming for nearly 30 years to much
of central California. The Foundation will also honor two Fresno activists
with the annual Free Speech Award for their efforts to advance education and
civil liberties. The honorees are Vida Samiian, Interim Dean of the College
of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State University , and Ken Hudson, an
activist with Peace Fresno and local school teacher. 
Larry Bensky is a literary and political journalist with more than forty
years experience in print and broadcast media. Perhaps best known as
National Affairs Correspondent for Pacifica Radio since 1987, Bensky covered
numerous national and international events for Pacifica , including the
Iran-contra hearings in 1987, the confirmation hearings for four Supreme
Court justices, the 1990 elections in Nicaragua , and numerous
demonstrations and protests in Washington and elsewhere. He won the
prestigious George Polk award for his coverage of Iran-contra, and has won a
record five Gold Reel awards from the National Association of Community
Broadcasters. Before his work for Pacifica , Bensky was one of the original
"underground" newscasters and talk show hosts on "alternative rock" stations
KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco . And before (and during) his broadcasting
career, Bensky has been a print journalist and editor, including positions
as managing editor of Ramparts Magazine in 1968, Paris editor of The Paris
Review (1964-66) and as an editor of the New York Times Book Review. For the
past fifteen years he has been a political writer and columnist for the East
Bay Express, and a contributor to the Los Angeles Times book review, and The
Nation. He was founding managing editor of the Mediachannel
(www.mediachannel.org) where he is now senior editor.He has won a lifetime
achievement award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and the
Golden Gadfly award from Media Alliance. He taught broadcast journalism
classes for twelve years at Stanford, and now teaches mass communications,
journalism, and broadcasting at California State University , Hayward . A
native of New York City , he graduated from Yale University . He is married
and lives in Berkeley with his wife and daughter. 
The Fresno Free College Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit
organization that nurtured and enriched the intellectual and cultural
environment of the community since 1968. The Annual Banquet will be held on
Sunday October 24 at Love & Garlic, 5351 N. Diana Court (located inside the
Elks Club). Tickets are $35 for a buffet dinner. For reservations and
information call the Foundation office (559) 233-2221

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