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Tanya Hart, Emmy-winning media entrepreneur, will present the 2024 Charles Henry Hackley Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities
Date/Time: May 30, 2024 at 7:00pm
Location: Greater Muskegon Woman’s Club in Muskegon, MI
Tanya (Hinton) Hart is a Muskegon native and graduate of Orchard View High School. Her career spans several decades, during which she has garnered eight Emmy nominations – winning four – and was most recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Gold Circle Award from the National Television Academy.
With an Oscar nomination, Peabody Award, and several industry accolades for her Documentaries and Docu-Series, Hart has often been called a trailblazer. In the world of syndication, she is credited for bringing music competition shows to prime-time television (ShowTime at the Apollo / Hollywood Live which was the precursor to American Idol.). For the last two decades, Tanya has created digital content for several media outlets. She heads her own multimedia company based in Los Angeles, Tanya Hart Communications Inc., and has developed and produced films, television programs, music, and a daily podcast.
Jon Covington, president and CEO of The Covington Group, a media entrepreneur himself, and a 2019 Hackley Commendee for Service to the Humanities, will introduce Ms. Hart at the event. According to Covington, “A few decades ago, Tanya’s husband, Dr. Phil Hart, told me Tanya is as well known in the entertainment industry as is actress Halle Berry. I would come to learn he was right! Tanya Hart is an ICON!”