Calendar of Events

From bystander videos of police violence in the U.S. to satellite images revealing potential mass graves in Sudan, there is an unprecedented amount of information available to anyone with an internet connection. Online open source investigation is becoming mainstream and, combined with traditional journalistic methods, can be a powerful new form of accountability and explanatory […]

Film screening followed by a Q&A, in English, with the director, Elia Moutamid and writer, Simone Brioni in conversation with Medhin Paolos (Lewis Center for the Arts). Inspired by Reversing the Gaze: What if You Were the Other? (2001) by Geneviève Makaping, Maka presents Makaping’s migration journey and life in Italy. By sharing her experience […]

For years, news organizations routinely spread racist ideas and avoided reporting on neighborhoods of color. How can journalists now rebuild trust with ignored Black, Brown, and Asian communities? Panelists: Rund Abdelfatah, Visiting Ferris Professor of Journalism; correspondent for NPR and co-creator of NPR’s Throughline; Michael Fannin, Former president and editor, Kansas City Star Emmanuel Felton, […]

We've all been there. After weeks and weeks of digging into the archives, conducting interviews, and reading countless pages, you find yourself staring at a mountain of information, wondering: how can I possibly synthesize all of this into something not only understandable but engaging. That is the challenge we face at Throughline as well. In […]