Location

Granite State Politics and First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary: A Journalist's Perspective will be presented by James Pindell who will relate some of his experiences in reporting on New Hampshire politics and on election campaigning in the State.  In particular, Pindell will address the differences he sees between NH voters and those in other states and the effect that those differences may have on candidates' campaign approaches.  He will also speak about New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation Presidential primary and discuss some of the ways in which he finds that primary to have changed over the years since he began covering it.

James Pindell is a national political reporter for The Boston Globe’s Washington Bureau. He is also an NBC/MSNBC on-air political contributor. The Washington Post has called him the "Insider's Insider" for his coverage of New Hampshire politics, and he is the only reporter to cover both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire Presidential primary as a beat for local outlets. For 15 years through last November, he wrote the politics column for New Hampshire magazine. Previously he spent nearly 5 years at WMUR-TV, where he covered New Hampshire politics. Before that, he was the publisher of “New Hampshire Political Report,” a subscription newsletter for political insiders. He has also worked for The Des Moines Register, the New Hampshire Union Leader, Campaigns and Elections magazine, and the Indianapolis Star.

The timing of our April and May lectures coincides with that of the Athenaeum’s related exhibit “First in the Nation: New Hampshire Presidential Primaries – 1920 to 2020.”

Program begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Shaw Research Library of the Portsmouth Athenaeum at 9 Market Square in Portsmouth, NH. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Please call (603) 431-2538 to reserve. If unable to keep a reservation, please call again to release the seat for someone else. Attendance at programs is free for Athenaeum Proprietors, Subscribers and Friends. Guests and members of the public are welcome to attend the entire series by becoming a Friend of the Athenaeum for as little as $25 per year, payable at the door. Admission to an individual program is $15.