Events

April 7, 2005: “Liberals and the Press After 9/11.” Brown-bag lunch with Peter Beinart, editor of the New Republic.

April 6, 2005: “Media Fragmentation and Food Fights: How Does a Newsweekly Compete?” Brown-bag lunch with Mark Whitaker, editor of Newsweek.

March 23, 2005: Goldsmith Seminar: “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting.” Participants include the Goldsmith Investigative Prize finalists from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlantic Monthly, Frontline, and the BBC, the New York Times, the Oregonian, the Seattle Times and WFAA-TV (Dallas, Texas). Learn more; Transcript

March 22, 2005 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting was awarded to Diana Henriques, business reporter for the New York Times. In her investigative report titled “Captive Clientele,” Henriques exposed a trail of deceit through which thousands of American soldiers were sold misleading insurance policies, often by former military officials. The report’s comprehensive […]

March 22, 2005: “What Went Wrong and Why: Explaining the Performance of U.S. Government Policy After the Invasion of Iraq.” Discussion with James Fallows and William Langewiesche, national correspondents for the Atlantic Monthly. They will discuss political failures as seen from Baghdad and Washington, D.C. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Nieman […]

March 22, 2005: “Coverage of Corporate Malfeasance.” Brown-bag lunch with Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor at the New York Times. Morgenson writes the “Market Watch” column for the Sunday Money and Business section.

March 14, 2005: “The Media, Investing and Public Relations.” Brown-bag lunch with Geraldine Fabrikant, senior writer for media and investing, the New York Times.

March 9, 2005: “Blogs and Other News ‘Conditions’ of Interest.” Brown-bag lunch with Rick Kaplan, president of MSNBC, NBC news’ 24-hour cable channel.

March 2, 2005: “Asia: Caught in the Web of Nationalism.” Discussion with Nayan Chanda, director of publications, Yale University Center for the Study of Globalization.

February 24, 2005: “Propaganda, News and Politics.” A conversation with Frank Rich, columnist and associate editor, the New York Times. John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Kennedy School of Government Co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics.