Oct 2
Convocation with Jonathan Capehart '89 & H'23
Fri, October 2, 2026
• 10:50am
- 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel
Jonathan Capehart is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who is co-host of the morning edition of “The Weekend” on MS NOW (7am - 10am) and the New York Times bestselling author of “Yet Here I Am: Lessons from A Black Man’s Search for Home.” From 2020 until 2025, he was the anchor of MSNBC’s “The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.” At PBS, Capehart serves as a political analyst on “PBS News Hour” and is featured on the popular Friday segment “Brooks and Capehart.”
Capehart is a former Associate Editor of The Washington Post, where he served as an opinion writer for 18 years. He was deputy editorial page editor of the New York Daily News (2002-2004) and served on its editorial board (1993-2000). His editorial campaign in 1999 to save the Apollo Theater earned the board the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. My memoir, "Yet Here I Am," is a New York Times Best Seller!
While at Carleton, Capehart wrote for The Carletonian and hosted a radio show on KRLX. He received his BA in political science in 1989. It was with great pleasure that Carleton College conferred upon Jonathan Capehart the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa in 2023.
This convocation is also presented as a virtual webinar. Please register in advance if you would like to attend via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Event Contact: Noel Ponder