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Past Discussion Events

October 17, 2019 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

The Role of Race in the 2020 Elections

Errin Haines Whack, Journalism; with Ali A. Valenzuela, Politics

Program in Journalism

April 11, 2019 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 15 Joseph Henry House

Both Sides Now: Writing Contradictory Books on the Same Subject

Pico Iyer, Journalism; with Christy Wampole, French and Italian

Program in Journalism

April 10, 2019 · 12:00 pm1:00 pm · Betts Auditorium

Newsprint Metropolis: City Papers and the Making of Modern Americans

Julia Guarneri, University of Cambridge; Nick Chiles, Journalism

Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities; Program in Journalism

April 9, 2019 · 12:30 pm · Room 002, Robertson Hall

A Conversation With Maria Ressa ’86

Maria Ressa '86, CEO and executive editor of Rappler.com

Office of Communications, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Program in Journalism

March 28, 2019 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · A71 Simpson International Building

Migration, Journalism, and the Question of Representation: Panel Discussion

Joanna Kakissis, NPR; Griff Witte, The Washington Post

Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series, Program in Journalism

March 26, 2019 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · A71 Simpson International Building

Migration, Journalism, and the Question of Representation: Panel Discussion

Joe Stephens, Journalism; Deborah Amos, Journalism; Princeton student journalists

Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series, Program in Journalism

March 7, 2019 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

“Fake News” and Real Threats: Accountability Journalism in the Era of Trump

Mike McIntire, Journalism; with Alan Patten, Politics

Program in Journalism

February 21, 2019 · 4:30 pm5:30 pm · 50 McCosh

“The Sixth Extinction” – A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert, journalist and author

Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI)

February 15, 2019 · 12:00 pm1:00 pm · Private Dining Room, Mathey College

Politics at the Crossroads—A Newsmaker Lunch Conversation with Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson, NPR Political Correspondent


February 7, 2019 · 7:00 pm8:00 pm · Firestone Room, Mathey College

Blinded by the Spotlight: Celebrity in American Culture—A Newsmaker Dinner with Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones

Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones, acclaimed author and magazine editor


January 22, 2019 · 6:00 pm8:00 pm · Artworks, Trenton

Inside Stories from a Changing City/Historías Íntimas de una Ciudad Cambiante

Purcell Carson, Woodrow Wilson School

The Trenton Project

November 26, 2018 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Bowl 16, Robertson Hall

Can We Build a Better Society?

The International Panel on Social Progress

Woodrow Wilson School, The University Center for Human Values

October 24, 2018 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books Princeton

Readings and Conversation with John McPhee, Kushanava Choudhury, and Elisabeth Cohen

John McPhee, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence; Kushanava Choudhury, journalist and author; Elisabeth Cohen, author

Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council and Program in Journalism; Princeton Public Library

October 22, 2018 · 7:00 pm8:00 pm · Private Dining Room, Mathey College

Battle on the Border: Inside the Midterm Elections—A Newsmaker Dinner with Kathleen McCleery

Kathleen McCleery, Ferris Professor of Journalism and broadcast journalist with PBS NewsHour


October 11, 2018 · 7:00 pm8:30 pm · Princeton Public Library

Film and Discussion: “Eyes on Mississippi”

Ellen Ann Fentress, producer and director; Errin Whack, Associated Press

Princeton Public Library, Not in Our Town Princeton, Program in Journalism

October 4, 2018 · 7:00 pm8:00 pm · Private Dining Room, Mathey College

Beat the Press: A Newsmaker Dinner Conversation with Michael Calderone

Michael Calderone, Ferris Professor of Journalism and senior media reporter at Politico


September 24, 2018 · 7:00 pm8:00 pm · Private Dining Room, Mathey College

Communicating Excellence: A Newsmaker Dinner Conversation with Brent Colburn

Brent Colburn, Princeton University Vice President and former Obama Administration official


April 9, 2018 · 6:00 pm · Artworks, Trenton

The Trenton Project Remembers April 9, 1968

Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities and the Humanities Council

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