Glenford Robinson of Brooklyn Helps Run National Election Night Broadcast

EASTON, PA (11/29/2012)(readMedia)-- Glenford Robinson '13 of Brooklyn, N.Y. was one of 100 Lafayette College students who helped produce a live, election-night broadcast that was televised on PBS to 2.6 million viewers. Robinson, a neuroscience major, is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School.

Robinson, who served as bullpen panelist, was part of an economics course taught by Mark Crain, Simon Professor of Political Economy and chair of policy studies. For the two-hour show, students researched the issues and candidates, wrote scripts, prepared storyboards and had extensive training behind and in front of the cameras.

Read more: "Live from Farinon, it's Election Night": http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/11/07/live-from-farinon-its-the-election-night-broadcast/

View Flickr online gallery of images from "Fifty States of Grey" broadcast: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lafayette-college/sets/72157631955398713/

View YouTube video, Students Produce Live Election-Night TV Broadcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEWh1Oef9-0

Lafayette is a top liberal arts college in Easton, Pa., with 2,400 students and 215 full-time faculty that offers a wide variety of undergraduate degree programs including engineering.

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