Newsweek Editor Evan Thomas Addresses Secretary's Circle
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Evan Thomas
Editor at large of Newsweek
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Each spring, the Secretary’s Circle meets in Washington, D.C., for a weekend of cultural events with an intellectual spark. This year’s gathering, held May 16-18, included a guided tour of one of the city’s newest and most popular museums, the Newseum — a venue that offers visitors an interactive experience of five centuries of news history supported by up-to-the- second technology. Afterwards, members attended a black-tie dinner at the Metropolitan Club with keynote speaker Evan Thomas, one of journalism’s hottest movers and shakers. He spoke on the subject of presidential leadership and the 2008 campaign.
Thomas was made editor at large of Newsweek in September 2006. He was the publication’s Washington bureau chief from 1986 to 1996 and an assistant managing editor from 1991 to 2006. He is the magazine’s lead writer on major news stories and the author of many longer features, including Newsweek’s behind-the-scenes issues on presidential elections. He has written more than 100 cover stories for Newsweek and was pivotal in spearheading Newsweek’s coverage of the war on terror from the Washington, D.C., bureau. Thomas has been a regular weekly panelist on the syndicated public affairs talk show, Inside Washington, since 1992. He is a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated morning radio show, Imus in the Morning, and has appeared on numerous television shows as a commentator, including: NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s Nightline, CNN’s Larry King Live and PBS’s Charlie Rose.
The weekend’s events also included a cocktail reception and tour of ΦBK’s national office located in the historic Jerome H. Kidder residence in Dupont Circle, a special invitation to the Couper Luncheon with ΦBK Fellows speaker Roger Mudd and an afternoon of cultural events with Passport D.C.’s Around the World Open House, a day when embassies all over the city open their doors to the public and present programming that showcases each country’s unique culture. The weekend concluded with Sunday brunch at the national office and a private briefing with ΦBK Secretary John Churchill where members provided input and ideas on future ΦBK direction and initiatives.
For more information, please contact the Society at (202) 745-3287 or write to the Secretary’s Circle.