WRAL-TV’s Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason will be at the Wake Forest Historical Museum Sunday, May 3, a presentation sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution’s Hometown Teams exhibit.
The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 3 p.m. in the museum auditorium. Mason will show videos of his all-time favorite sports stories, including the inspirational and uplifting profiles of some little known but fascinating North Carolina heroes, as they were originally broadcast. The members of the board of directors for the Wake Forest Historical Association will provide refreshments.
Scott is one of the North Carolina Humanities Council’s Road Scholars, a group of speakers who travel the state to share their thoughts and insights on all manner of topics, from history to literature to arts. He is the television station’s full-time feature reporter who loves doing stories about salt-of-the-earth folks and out-of-the-way places. His reports air Monday through Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and sometimes have sports themes.
Scott has also published a book about his television adventures titled, Tar Heel Traveler: Journeys Across North Carolina (Globe Pequot Press, 2010). His second book, Tar Heel Traveler Eats, was released in October, 2014.
