John Milewski is executive producer and host of Dialogue, a production of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The program can be seen Wednesdays at 9 PM on the MHz network's Worldview channel. He is a veteran broadcast journalist and communications professional with extensive experience moderating, interviewing, anchoring, reporting, and producing. For 20 years he served as executive producer, moderator, and managing editor of Close Up on C-SPAN, one of the longest running news and public affairs discussion programs in cable television history. Additionally he has served in management at the vice presidential level with responsibility for national and international communications programs and strategy.

Mr. Milewski is an instructor for The Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches a course on politics and media. He is also co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of Waziristan to Washington: A Muslim at the Crossroads, an innovative one-man stage show featuring Ambassador Akbar Ahmed. The program, which debuted at a sold-out Theater J in March 2009, is expected to make a major contribution to the promotion of interfaith dialogue and understanding.

Milewski was part of the team that opened the new Newseum in April 2008. As Special Programs Manager and one of the hosts of the interview program Inside Media, he was a key contributor to the early programming success of the critically acclaimed museum and is a co-creator of the Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney series.



During his tenure with Close Up on C-SPAN (1986–2006), he negotiated editorial and production partnerships with USA TODAY, The Freedom Forum & Newseum, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Center on Congress at Indiana University, the American Bar Association’s Division for Public Education, and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

In 2006, he served as interim producer of C-SPAN’s After Words, the flagship program of the Book TV lineup. He is also a freelance contributor to public education programs serving as moderator and consultant for programs produced and conducted by the American Bar Association’s Division for Public Education.

As a documentary filmmaker, he has served as executive producer, managing editor, and correspondent for a series of award-winning productions. The documentaries have been recognized internationally through awards such as the CINE Golden Eagle, the ABA’s Silver Gavel, the Columbus International Film Festival’s Chris Award, and the New York Festival’s World Gold Medal and Best of Show Awards.

Over the years Milewski has reported on everything from local zoning commission meetings to the first televised town meeting between East and West Berlin residents after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He’s interviewed high school class presidents and Presidents of the United States and has covered every presidential election from 1988 through 2004, producing and hosting programs from every Republican and Democratic nominating convention during that period. During the 2008 Presidential primary season, he covered the Democratic debate at Drexel University and the Republican debate at the University of Miami for the Newseum.

Milewski is also an accomplished manager having served as Vice President for Outreach and Communications for the Close Up Foundation where he participated in budget and policy planning and many successful fund raising activities. He was responsible for communications activities and strategies including print publications and website content.

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