Nationally known investigative reporter and MSNBC commentator Michael Isikoff, whose new book “Russian Roulette” about Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election has been on the nonfiction best-seller list for weeks, will appear with our own Professor Peter Beinart in a special conversation about the Trump White House, national political scene, and the art of investigative reporting.If you’re interested in attending and want to be guaranteed a seat, please use this link to register.
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INVITE: 6th annual Storylink on Friday, February 23rd
- StoryLink: Click Here to RSVP
- Friday, February 23rd
- 7:00pm
- Dodge Hall 5th Floor
INVITE: Conference on Local Journalism Sustainability
INVITE: Bettman Lecture Series – “A Short Media History of Clouds”
INVITE: Women in Media Series @ CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Closing the Gender Gap: Women in Investigative Reporting
Date & Time:From 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on April 14, 2016
Location:CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Room 308
In a 2013 blog post, Sheila Coronel, director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism wrote: “A quick look at the 100 or so nonprofit investigative reporting centers, funds and associations worldwide shows that the face of watchdog journalism is male.”
Part of the problem is that investigative reporting involves digging into political corruption, crime, and things that people are often doing their best to hide, and so comes with some risk. The question is whether women journalists, who might be seen as being more physically vulnerable, are as up to the task of investigative reporting as men.
Please join us for a discussion with panelists Sarah Childress, senior digital reporter for Frontline; Esther Kaplan, editor of The Nation’s Investigative Fund; and Kendall Taggart, investigative reporter at BuzzFeed, who will talk about their own work, barriers they have faced, and ways they have overcome them.
This event is part of the “Women in Media” series sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s Diversity Committee.
Admission is free but registration is required. RSVP here.
Panelists:
Sarah Childress is a senior digital reporter for FRONTLINE. Previously, she covered Iraq for Newsweek and sub-Saharan Africa for The Wall Street Journal, and edited reporters in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America for GlobalPost. Her work has also been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Esther Kaplan is editor of the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. She has written for Harper’s, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Nation, The American Prospect, In These Times, The Village Voice, and other publications. She is the author of With God on Their Side: George W. Bush and the Christian Right (New Press), which Ms. magazine called “a frightening and necessary read.” She was a 2013 fellow with the Alicia Patterson Foundation.
Kendall Taggart is a reporter at BuzzFeed. She works on long-term, investigative projects and has written about charity scams, judges who violate the law, and environmental health issues. Previously, she was a reporter at The Center for Investigative Reporting. While there, she worked on “America’s Worst Charities,” a project about nonprofits that claimed to support causes like aiding terminally ill children and police officers, but funneled many of the donations to themselves or for-profit fundraising companies. The project was honored with the Gold Bartlett & Steele award for investigative business journalism. @KendallTTaggart
Moderator: Lisa Armstrong, a journalist and visiting associate professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She has reported from several countries, including Ethiopia, The Philippines, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Tajikistan, and from Haiti from 2010 to 2014 through grants from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and NYU. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Essence, The New York Times and other outlets, and has won multiple awards, including a National Press Club award for online journalism, and a Webby, for her “Voices of Haiti” ibook, which was a compilation of the blog posts and multimedia work done with her Pulitzer Center colleagues. She currently has grants from The Investigative Fund and The Carter Center to report on juveniles who have been sentenced to life without parole.
EVENT: Seeking Solutions to End Sexual Violence Symposium
CPS Workshop Series: Procrastination Workshop
EVENT: Addressing Islamophobia
Addressing Islamophobia:
Dispelling Myths to Break Down BarriersMonday, Feb. 15 @ 5 p.m. | Lerner Hall C555 (2920 Broadway / 115 St.)Join us for an informative and interactive session about Islam and Islamophobia, featuring social justice educator and “hip-hop activist” Amer F. Ahmed, Ed. D.
Sponsored by the Office of University Life, Multicultural Affairs | Undergraduate Student Life, and the International Students and Scholars Office, withColumbia’s Muslim Students Association, and Turath, the Arab Students Association.
The event is free, but space is limited. To attend please register by Feb. 11 –http://bit.ly/ai215OMA. For more information visit http://bit.ly/CULisl.
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INVITE: COLUMBIA MEDIA CONFERENCE 2015
CMC 2015: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 12 P.M. – 3 P.M.
HELD LECTURE HALL, 3RD FLOOR BARNARD HALL
The Columbia Media Conference is The Columbia Daily Spectator’s annual conference that aims to bring together the best and the brightest minds in media to inspire students to be the next generation of leaders in the industry. This year we are thrilled to welcomeMeredith Kopit Levien, the Chief Revenue Officer for The New York Times Company, as one of our speakers.
This annual conference showcases the work of pioneers and established titans on both the content and business sides of the media industry. With past speakers such as Jill Abramson and Dao Nguyen, CMC is the media event for students passionate about media.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TICKETS: http://www.specpublishing.com/cmc
Saving the Elephants 10K Run/Walk
Elephants Need Our Help!
One Elephant is Being Killed Every 15 Minutes
What Can You Do?
Register today for the Second Annual Saving the Elephants 10K Run/Walk at bit.ly/ster2015 to benefit The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT). You can run, jog or walk your way around beautiful Central Park while helping protect this majestic species!
Each day, close to 100 elephants are killed for their tusks threatening their future. At the current poaching rate, elephants will be extinct in the wild by 2025. Many elephants targeted by poachers have milk dependent calves, and without family or a mother, a baby elephant has little chance of survival. Through the dedication and hard work of the DSWT, rescued orphaned baby elephants now have a second chance at life in the wild. Currently, the DSWT has 31 milk dependent calves and more than 150 orphans in their care.
Through the generous participation of more than 500 runners last November, the event raised more than $25,000 to support the orphans at DSWT. This year, we are looking to host 1,000 participants and double last years’ donation to DSWT. Register today and you will help provide the vital funds needed to protect these magnificent animals. All net proceeds will benefit the projects of the DSWT.
We are proud to welcome and recognize our Presenting Sponsor, HPS Jewelers, and our Contributing Sponsor, Extraordinary Journeys!
Where: Central Park, New York City
When: Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 9 a.m.
Registration site: bit.ly/ster2015
Registration cost: $45