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National Public Radio (NPR) Diplomatic Correspondent Victoria (Vicky) O'Hara has been around the world, but on Thursday, November 4, at 7 p.m., behind Cook Hall, the Tallahassee-born journalist will be at USF Sarasota-Manatee. Her coverage of the State Department and foreign policy issues is regularly featured on the award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition as well as NPR’s newscasts

O’Hara joined NPR in 1982 and has been senior editor of Morning Edition, producer on Asian reporting projects, Asia editor, and was a Pentagon correspondent during the Persian Gulf War.

The celebrated NPR newswoman has lived in China and South Korea and has spent years studying Asian affairs and the Chinese language. She has covered major stories on Asia for 15 years, including the 1987 political protests in South Korea, the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China, President Clinton’s trips to China and Vietnam, the Asian economic crisis, and the violence that followed East Timor’s vote for independence from Indonesia.

Prior to NPR, O’Hara was an editor on the national desk at United Press International in Chicago. She earned her bachelor of science and her master’s degrees at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She was a 1989 William Benton Fellow at the University of Chicago.

Attendance to O’Hara’s speech is free but seating is limited. For ticket reservations, call 941-359-4602. The O’Hara event is sponsored by WUSF Radio and the USF Senior Academy.