“CBS Sunday Morning” host and journalist Jane Pauley will emcee the 2017 NAB Show Opening on April 24 in Las Vegas.
Pauley began her network career as co-host of “Today” for 13 years. She then anchored “Dateline NBC” for more than a decade and also hosted her own daytime program, “The Jane Pauley Show.”
She is the recipient of multiple Emmy Awards, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Achievement. She is also the author of “Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue” and “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.”
Hearst President and CEO Steven Swartz is headlining the event, and NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will present the “State of the Broadcast Industry” address.
“Jane Pauley is one of broadcast television’s most familiar faces,” said Smith. “We look forward to sharing the NAB Show stage with her and are honored to have her assistance in opening the world’s greatest media, entertainment and technology event.”
— Radio