Flagler Welcomes Los Angeles Times Editor to Assess Presidential Campaign

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (01/17/2012)(readMedia)-- On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy welcomes Doyle McManus, Washington columnist for the Los Angeles Times. McManus will deliver a presentation entitled "What We've Learned from the 2012 Presidential Campaign (So Far)."

McManus has covered six presidential elections and has reported on national and international issues for 35 years from Europe, the Middle East and Latin America as well as Washington. His column appears twice a week on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times and in other newspapers nationwide. He is a four-time winner of the National Press Club's Edwin Hood Award for reporting on U.S. foreign policy, most recently in 2004 for articles on the war in Iraq. He appears frequently on PBS's "Washington Week with Gwen Ifill," Sirius XM Public Radio's "Bob Edwards Show," and on other broadcast programs.

For more than 30 years, the Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy has invited nationally recognized journalists and commentators to St. Augustine to discuss issues of importance in regional, state and federal government.

All forums take place in the Flagler College Auditorium, 14 Granada St., at 7 p.m. Forums are free and open to the public, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are a person with a disability and need reasonable accommodations, please contact Lynn Francisco at 904-819-6460. Sign Language Interpreters are available upon request with a minimum of three days' notice. Call (904) 819-6400 or visit www.flagler.edu/forum for more information on this series.

The 2011-2012 Flagler Forum season will conclude on March 27 with a presentation by AARP Bulletin editor Jim Toedtman entitled "The Citizens' Agenda for Campaign 2012."

For Flagler College news and events visit www.flagler.edu/our-community.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,600 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $22,500, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.