Double R Productions Owner Reed is Next Perdue Executive Leader Speaker Thursday, October 25

SALISBURY, MD---From her work with Maury Povich to the National Association of Broadcasters’ “Congressional Families” public service announcement program, Rosemary Reed has been a staple in the television industry for more than a quarter-century.

The owner and president of Double R Productions, Reed is the next speaker in Salisbury University’s Perdue Executive Leader Lecture Series. Her presentation is 3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 25, in Holloway Hall Auditorium.

Reed established her reputation in Washington, D.C., working for Fox as the executive producer of Panorama, the nation’s longest-running live daily talk show, with Povich. She also produced the first weekend news hour for WTTG-TV.

Her career as a reporter, anchor and special projects television producer and director has covered all major regions of the country. Her assignments have taken her abroad to witness crisis situations in Israel and El Salvador. She also has worked in countries worldwide as a producer, director and writer.

Reed founded Double R Productions in 1987, serving clients including national newspapers, Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and the U.S. government. She has won a local Emmy and several Telly awards, as well as honors from the Associated Press and United Press International, among others. She also has served on the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ board of governors in Washington, D.C., and was named “Filmmaker of the Month” by the D.C. Film Office.

Sponsored by the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, admission to her talk is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6119 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu.