Bob Schieffer to speak at UT Arlington

Bob Schieffer's journalism career began in North Texas, interviewing Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, reporting from Vietnam for the Star-Telegram and anchoring the Channel 5 news.

• Next week, the TCU alum and former "Face The Nation" host will join UT Arlington's Mavericks Speaker Series to talk about his life.

The intrigue: Schieffer was the first reporter from a Texas metropolitan newspaper to cover the Vietnam War.

• TCU's college of communication is named after Schieffer. UT Arlington has an exhibit with his artwork, photos and letters from his Vietnam War coverage.

What they're saying: "Independently gathered information and giving citizens access to it is as important to a democracy as the right to vote," Schieffer said in a 2015 interview.

• "You can't have the form of government that we have without giving citizens access to independently gathered, accurate information that they can compare to the government's version of events."

If you go: The UT Arlington event is at 7:30pm next Tuesday. General admission tickets are $5.