David Iverson

David Iverson, a producer from the Public Broadcasting Service, visited Krakow and Katowice October 20-21, 2008. Iverson met with students and faculty at Jagiellonian University’s Institute of American Studies, Krakow University College and the University of Silesia’s Department of English Philology. Iverson used campaign commercials and clips from presidential debates to talk about current U.S. elections in the historical context. Using survey data, current campaign advertisements, and footage from previous debates, David Iverson looked at the issues that matter most to the American voter and examined how the two campaigns have approached those issues and this election.  Additionally, Iverson addressed the importance of "battleground states," the possible impact of race and gender on this election, and the role of debates in presidential campaigns. 

David Iverson has been an executive producer and anchor of national, regional and local specials for public broadcasting for 30 years.  He’s currently co-producing, writing and reporting a documentary on Parkinson’s disease for the PBS national series Frontline, which will air during the 2008-2009 season. Iverson is based in San Francisco, where he also hosts programs for KQED public radio and television.  In 2000, he served as the Presidential Debate Commission’s coordinating producer for the Vice Presidential Debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman. He was the writer, narrator and co-producer of the 1999 national Emmy award winning PBS documentary ‘The 30 Second Candidate.’ In all, he has written and supervised production of over 25 documentaries for national prime time broadcast on PBS.