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Past Conversation Events

March 31, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House

The Long Shadow of 9/11: How the 2001 attacks transformed international news coverage

Razia Iqbal, Journalism; with Miguel Centeno, Sociology


March 17, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House

Eat the Buddha: Using literary non-fiction to bring to life a ‘closed town’ in Tibet

Barbara Demick, Journalism; with Sophie Gee, English


February 24, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

Post-Insurrection Politics: Reporting on the Midterms, 2024 Election, and Democracy in Crisis

Michael Calderone, Journalism; with Julian Zelizer, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs


February 17, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom and Livestream

Reporting on Repressive Governments: How journalists overcome barriers to safeguard free speech and inform democracy

Barbara Demick, Journalism; Razia Iqbal, Journalism; Maria Ressa '86, Rappler; Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology


October 28, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

Empathy and Journalism: The power of immersive reporting in creative nonfiction

Helen Thorpe, Journalism; with Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology


October 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

People, Politics and Journalism: How Americans consume news in an era of partisanship and social media

Terence Samuel, Journalism; with Stephen Macedo, Politics


April 1, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · via Zoom

What Migration Sounds Like: Reporting on Refugees in Europe for NPR

Joanna Kakissis, Journalism; with Karen Emmerich, Comparative Literature


March 18, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · via Zoom

Love From Six Feet Apart: Telling Stories From the Pandemic

Joe Richman, Journalism; with Judith Weisenfeld, Religion


March 4, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · via Zoom

Investigating With Your Hair on Fire: Accountability Journalism Meets the 24/7 News Cycle

James Martinez, Journalism; with Nolan McCarty, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs


February 16, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · via Zoom

Objectivity and the News: Reexamining Facts, Truth, and Fairness

Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic; Kimbriell Kelly, The Los Angeles Times; Joe Richman, Radio Diaries; Gideon Rosen, Philosophy


October 15, 2020 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · via Zoom

Nationalists, Refugees and Artists: A Decade Reporting from Europe

Rachel Donadio, Journalism; with David Bellos, French and Italian


September 24, 2020 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · via Zoom

From 9/11 to Today: The Forces That Shaped Two Decades of War Reporting

Jane Ferguson, Journalism; with Amaney Jamal, Politics


April 2, 2020 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

CANCELED: Seeing America From a Distance

Suzy Hansen, Journalism; with Christy Wampole, French and Italian


March 5, 2020 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 101 McCormick Hall

Perilous Reporting: The Growing Threat to Journalists in the Field

Kim Lane Scheppele, Woodrow Wilson School; Suzy Hansen, Journalism; Carol Giacomo, Journalism; Gary Bass, Woodrow Wilson School


February 27, 2020 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

Law Enforcement, Diversity, and Accountability

Kimbriell Kelly, Journalism; with Alison Isenberg, History


February 12, 2020 · 4:30 pm · Computer Building 104, 35 Olden Street

The Iranian Unfinished Revolution: Elaine Sciolino and David Burnett in conversation with Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Elaine Sciolino, The New York Times; David Burnett, Contact Press Images


December 10, 2019 · 6:00 pm · Labyrinth Books

Book Talk: The Seine: The River That Made Paris


November 11, 2019 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 101 McCormick Hall

Trust Us? Journalism In a Time of Doubt and Disinformation

Deborah Amos, Journalism; Andrew Chignell, Religion; Bill Keller, The Marshall Project; Kevin M. Kruse, History


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