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New York Times reporter to speak at BYU Oct. 6

New York Times reporter Matthew L. Wald will present “A ‘Low-Carb’ Diet for the Planet” Monday, Oct. 6, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.

Wald covers transportation for the New York Times Washington bureau, specializing in aviation and highway safety. He also covers various environmental and energy issues.

Before joining the Washington bureau in September 1996, he covered transportation for the metropolitan desk for three years.

From October 1993 until February 1998, he covered energy and environment for Business Day.

Since joining the Times in October 1976 as a news clerk in the newspaper’s Washington bureau, Wald has worked in New York, Connecticut, and Boston covering the metropolitan desk, housing and nuclear power until he became a national correspondent in 1985.

For more information on events at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, visit kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Brady Toone

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Photo by Mark A. Philbrick/BYU Photo

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