Radio host and comedian join Celebrity READ campaign

Contact: Katharine Fronk


ALA Graphics Coordinator


ALA Graphics


312-280-2427


kfronk@ala.org

For Immediate Release


January 11, 2009

CHICAGO—
ALA Graphics adds Rachel Maddow and Seth Meyers to the Celebrity READ poster campaign. Both Maddow and Meyers report the news, but through very different channels. Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC and Air America Radio, covers an array of politics, pop culture and more through diverse interviews and lively debates. She is also a Rhodes Scholar, has a doctorate in political science and a background in HIV/AIDS activism and prison reform.

Meyers brings comedy to his nationally recognized reporting as anchor of “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update.” He joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 2001 and has served as the show’s head writer since 2006. Meyers began his career performing at Chicago’s ImprovOlympic before moving on to Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland. He is the recipient of two Writer’s Guild of America Awards.




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Rachel Maddow and
Seth Meyers posters at the
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ALA Graphics supports the ALA mission through the creation and distribution of quality products promoting libraries, literacy, lifelong learning, and reading. ALA Graphics develops products based on customer need, including products that support the key action areas of the Association: diversity, education and continued learning, equity of access, intellectual freedom, and 21st-century literacy.

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