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Joan Lunden Keynote Speaker

Award-Winning Journalist & Former Co-Host of ABC's "Good Morning America"
Bestselling Author
Breast Cancer Survivor and Health & Senior Advocate

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Joan Lunden's Biography

An award-winning journalist, bestselling author, television host, and motivational speaker, Joan Lunden has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 40 years. For nearly two decades, Lunden greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America making her the longest running female host ever on early morning television.

Lunden continues to be one of America’s most recognized and trusted journalists which has made her a sought-after speaker for events across the country. As an ardent health & senior advocate, Lunden has testified before the Food and Drug Administration advocating mandatory mammogram reporting and the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee advocating for the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Lunden is the host of the host the PBS television series, Second Opinion with Joan Lunden and the Washington Post Podcast ser

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Joan Lunden

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Who Is Joan Lunden?

Journalist and television personality Joan Lunden was hired as a trainee for KCRA's news department in 1973 but quickly rose up the ranks. By 1975, she was a weather person, reporter and anchor for the station. That year, she took a job at WABC. In 1980, she joined Good Morning America as a host, where she would remain for the next two decades.

Early Life

Lunden was born Joan Elise Blunden on September 19, 1950, in Fair Oaks, California. Growing up in Sacramento, Lunden lost her father, a surgeon and pilot, in a plane crash when she was only 13 years old.

Lunden started at the ground level in the news business. She was hired as a trainee for KCRA's news department in 1973, and by 1975, Lunden was a weather person, reporter, and anchor for the station. That year, she left her native California for New York City to take a job at WABC. An article in People magazine said that Lunden was very inexperienced when she arrived and it showed in her reporting. "Her name was changed from Blunden to avoid being called 'Blunder,'"

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How the Media Has Changed.

Joan Lunden explains the evolving relationship between the Press, the Public and Politics. It used to be that when there was a controversial topic, the viewer never knew the interviewer's personal opinion. Nowadays it's completely the opposite! Many times, you know exactly how the interviewers feels.

For example, one time on Good Morning America, Joan was interviewing Tipper Gore (Vice President Al Gore's wife) and rocker, Frank Zappa. Tipper Gore felt it was important to move certain music under the shelves so younger children wouldn't see them. Frank Zappa was an outspoken critic of censorship to rock and roll and was firmly against this!

It made for quite an interesting and lively interview! Joan asked the questions, and no one knew her opinion!

Things have changed dramatically and Joan can give an expert view and discuss where people are getting their news today (for example, their phones) and how to determine what's real and what might be made up.

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