NYS Writers Institute on Jeopardy! and C-Span!

Two notable television events for the New York State Writers Institute are coming up that may be of interest:

Graduate assistant Josh Bartlett is scheduled to appear on Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek on Thanksgiving Day, 7:30 p.m. on News10.

“The waiting, which began with the tryout in January, extended through the taping in August and then through all the months Joshua Bartlett had to smile and say nothing, is over: The University at Albany graduate student will finally appear Thursday on Jeopardy!”

Read more in the Times Union:  http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Local-contestant-on-Jeopardy-4057184.php

A special program on the City of Albany, in which the Writers Institute, William Kennedy, Donald Faulkner and The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza are prominently featured, will air on C-SPAN2's Book TV and C-SPAN3's American History TV on the weekend of Dec. 8 and 9. The program is part of C-SPAN’s LCV (Local Content Vehicle) 2012 Cities Tour of all of America’s state capitals.

"The idea is to look at a city's rich history and unique literary life," said producer Debbie Lamb, whose three-member crew will fan out across the city all week. "We wanted to get outside Washington and highlight medium-sized cities that a national audience normally wouldn't get to see."

Read more in the Times Union:  http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/The-good-the-bad-the-colorful-4035365.php

Here’s a link to the C-SPAN Local Content page:  http://www.c-span.org/LocalContent/