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Join host Rickey Bevington tonight for Georgia Gazette. On tonight's show … Rebuilding rural America… the US Secretary of Agriculture is in town asking for Georgia’s input. Ridding America of its dependence on foreign oil… cleaner, greener energy efforts underway right here. Remembering the star of Bonanza, actor Pernell Roberts on his birthday. Plus, an Atlanta author's Pulitzer Prize winning book about slavery gets an artistic treatment. These stories and more tonight on Georgia Gazette at 6, 7 in Athens, re-broadcast at 11, hear our show any time at http://gpb.org/georgiagazette , and download a free podcast on iTunes.
Rickey Bevington: Host of All Things Considered & Georgia Gazette
Rickey has been a proud member of the GPB news team since January 2006. Atlanta-born but Boston-raised, Rickey began her broadcast career while attending Barnard College in New York City, where she indulged her love of independent film interning for three years at Sundance Channel. After graduating from Barnard in 2001, Rickey worked with Showtime Networks, Connecticut Public Radio, and the Hartford CBS television news affiliate, WFSB-TV. Rickey has received numerous awards for her radio journalism.
Rickey also hosts GPB Television’s award-winning arts program, State of the Arts, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award.