Subject: John -- Bookings Secretary Clinton on Miller Center's television program, March 18
From: "Antholis, William John (wja8yh)" <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Blackmon, Douglas Avery (dab5wd)" <[email-masked]>, "Lopez-Gottardi Chao, Cristina (cl4zx)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:22:27 +0000

John:

I hope you’re well, and that all the time on the campaign trail is letting you get out on the road in the way that matters most – with running shoes on.

I’m writing to make sure you knew that the Miller Center would be delighted to host Secretary Clinton on our weekly television program, which is broadcast each week on over 300 PBS stations.

There may be a near-term opportunity for that: I gather Secretary Clinton will be at John Grisham’s house here in Charlottesville on March 18th.

As she’ll be in town, I wanted to reach out personally to see if we might draw her to the Miller Center, to appear on American Forum.

We would love to offer her a starring role on the program, particularly if she comes to visit UVA or Charlottesville.  This is 30-minutes of TV, across over 80% of the major media markets.  The interview would be just with Secretary Clinton, no commercials, in a serious discussion with Doug Blackmon, former Wall Street Journal reporter (and Pulitzer Prize winner).  Doug’s Pulitzer-winning book — Slavery by Another Name — was on the plight of African Americans in the south after the Civil War, and he is very influential still in the African American political, scholarly, and journalist community.  I’m copying Doug, and the associate producer of the show, Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao.

The interview would be filmed in front of a live studio audience that tends to include leading faculty from the University, leading citizens from town, and student leaders.  It is a small auditorium of about 100 (modeled after the Virginia House of Burgess), so it has a very intimate feeling.

And given the Miller Center's history with the Clinton Administration – having completed the oral history – we have had a very good working relationship with the Clinton Foundation.

As an FYI, we have invited all the candidates.  Bernie Sanders and John Kasich both have appeared on the show.

We will also livestream the interview on the Internet, and release and heavily promote the interview and highlights online afterwards.

And we would be happy to provide opportunities for her to meet with UVA students, or to make visits to the historic presidential homes.

We really hope that you all will consider doing this, John.  At a personal level, it would be exciting to welcome you to my new/old home.

Bill

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William J. Antholis
Director & CEO
Miller Center
University of Virginia

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