Conor Knighton to Speak at UC

New York Times best-selling author, “CBS Sunday Morning” national correspondent, and Charleston native Conor Knighton will speak at the University of Charleston on Tuesday, October 24. 6:30 pm in the Geary Auditorium in Riggleman Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by AARP West Virginia, WOWK, and the West Virginia Humanities Council. A book signing after the event will be hosted by Taylor Books.

Knighton is the author of Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park. Described by Bookpage as “entertaining, informative, and inspirational,” Leave Only Footprints is a behind-the-scenery account of the year Knighton spent wandering through America’s “best idea,” exploring the threads that tie our national parks together and that tie us to nature.

Knighton’s reports for “CBS Sunday Morning” have covered everything from the Scandinavian obsession with salty licorice to what it’s like to wake up on Wake Island, one of America’s most remote military bases. He’s the creator and producer of the show’s “On the Trail” and “Island Hopping” series and has hosted and produced shows for AMC, Biography, EW Scripps, and Current TV.

Knighton has won four Daytime Emmys as part of the Sunday Morning team and has won a Los Angeles Area Emmy for his work on KCET’s SoCal Connected. He’s been nominated for two additional Los Angeles Emmys and his feature reporting has earned a National Headliner Award and an LA Press Club Award.

A graduate of Yale University, Knighton grew up in Charleston and attended Chamberlain Elementary, John Adams Junior High, and George Washington High School.