CNBC Anchor Brian Shactman Speaks at Skeptics

On Tuesday October 4 at 7 p.m. the Society of Skeptics featured CNBC Anchor Brian Shactman. Mr. Shactman joined CNBC in June 2007 as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for CNBC’s Business Day Programming. Prior to CNBC, he served as the morning news anchor for “NBC 30 News Today”, the top rated program on WVIT, an NBC owned-and-operated station in Hartford, Connecticut.

Mr. Shactman has held various positions at ESPN including analyst work on ESPNews, SportsCenter and their flagship radio network. He won The Associated Press Award for a documentary on Hall of Fame Basketball coach Geno Auriemma in 2003, and he has also received three regional Emmy nominations for his sports anchoring and reporting.

Mr. Shactman earned his B.A. in English and History from Amherst College and his Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He is active in community service and sits on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics.

All Skeptics programs are free and open to the public. The weekly series, which has been in continuous existence since 1977, is one of the premier high school lecture series in the country. The program was an outgrowth of the Blair International Society, begun in 1962, and has served as a forum for the discussion and debate of important national and international issues. Over the past 30-plus years, under the tutelage of Dr. Martin Miller, the series has featured a wide variety of speakers who are engaging, accomplished in their respective fields and often controversial.

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Updated 10/6/11

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