ROTARY LUNCHEON: Brian Watt and What the News will be like in 10 years

Brian Watt is KQED's morning radio news anchor and will discuss delivering the news and how this delivery may be 10 years from now. He joined the KQED News team in April 2016. In his ten years with KQED, his work has been recognized with awards by the San Francisco Press Club, Society of Professional Journalist of Northern California, and the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Prior to KQED, Brian worked as a Reporter for KPCC in Los Angeles and a producer at Marketplace. During eight years at KPCC, he covered business and economics and won several awards, including the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2008 first-place award for Business and Financial Reporting, Broadcast. Brian holds degrees in theater from Yale University and the Sorbonne and has worked as an actor in France, Italy, Brazil, Hungary. and . . . Hollywood. He appeared in a few television shows, including The West Wing, Judging Amy, and The District.

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