David Fanning, executive producer of the award-winning PBS public affairs documentary series Frontline, will speak to New Hampshire journalism and media high school and college students and faculty members Wednesday, April 5 from 2-4 p.m. at the UNH Manchester campus auditorium about the future of investigative television journalism. The forum is sponsored by New Hampshire Public Television and the University of New Hampshire Manchester. Those interested in attending the event should contact Rachel Lavoie at Rachel.Lavoie@unh.edu.

Fanning will discuss the behind-the-scenes process of developing the program’s investigative documentaries, as well as the challenges, ethics, and importance of in-depth reporting in today’s world. A question and answer period, moderated by NHPTV’s NH Outlook host Beth Carroll, will follow his presentation.

“This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet one of the world’s top documentary filmmakers and to get an inside look at America’s most serious and engaging public affairs series,” said Peter Frid, general manager and CEO of NHPTV. “NHPTV is proud to welcome Mr. Fanning and to introduce him to New Hampshire students and faculty.”

Frontline airs NHPTV Thursdays at 10 p.m.

Fanning has been executive producer of Frontline since its first season in 1983. In 2004, he received the Columbia Journalism Award, recognizing "singular journalistic performance in the public interest.” In 2006, after 23 seasons and more than 475 films, Frontline remains America's only regularly scheduled investigative documentary series on television. The series has won all of the major awards for broadcast journalism, including 32 Emmys, 22 duPont-Columbia University Awards, 12 Peabody Awards, and nine Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.