Press Information

WHAT: The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum, the nation’s only presidential forum in which all candidates have an opportunity to answer essential concerns of African-Americans and Latinos.

HDNet is the exclusive broadcast partner of the Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum.

WHO: All Democratic presidential candidates will participate

Senator Joseph Biden		Former Senator Mike Gravel
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton		Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Senator Christopher J. Dodd		Senator Barack Obama
Senator John Edwards		Governor Bill Richardson

Forum moderators:

Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” and
Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Additional VIPs:

Dan Rather, Global Correspondent, HDNet’s “Dan Rather Reports”

Iowa State Rep Wayne Ford (D-Des Moines), co-chair and founder, Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum

Mary Campos, co-chair and founder, Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum

WHEN: Saturday, December 1, 2007

Press Check-In: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
VIP Interviews: TBD

Forum begins: 7:00 p.m. CT

HDNet’s live coverage begins: 6:30 p.m. CT

HDNet’s post-Forum coverage begins: 9:00 p.m. CT

WHERE: North High School
               501 Holcomb Avenue
               Des Moines, IA

MORE: Members of the press can view the Forum broadcast in a special room adjacent to the actual Forum room. Members of the press can access the Forum room by purchasing tickets from the Brown and Black Forum. http://www.bbpresforum.org

No live cameras will be admitted into the Forum Room.

All eight candidates will share the stage.

HDNet will provide a feed of this broadcast, please contact Colette Carey for details.

This Forum will be one of the last debates before Iowa voters head to caucus on January 3.

HDNet’s live coverage will begin at 6:30 pm CT (4:30 pm PT) with a preview show hosted by Dan Rather, Global Correspondent for HDNet’s “Dan Rather Reports.” Rather will also host a half-hour live post-Forum recap at 9:00 pm CT. The commercial-free broadcast will be simulcast on Mediacom’s ‘Connections’ channel in Iowa and surrounding states.

ALL PRESS MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO BE CREDENTIALED

FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Colette Carey, HDNet
ccarey@hd.net
(303) 542-5576

http://www.hd.net/credentials