Staff Bio

Thomas Keenan received his B.A. from Amherst College and a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. from Yale University. His research interests revolve around media and conflict; literary and political theory; humanitarianism and human rights; violence and politics. In the field of human rights, Keenan has worked closely with the Soros Documentary Fund, WITNESS and The

Charlotte Grimes was a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University; a visiting professor at the Newhouse School; a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University; director of the Washington internship program for the Scripps Howard Foundation; and head of the journalism program at Hampton University, a

Stephen Ward is founding chair of the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and a co-author of the CAJ’s two codes of ethics. He continues to work as a consultant for journalism associations from the United States to Guatemala.

Lisa Bennett is an award-winning journalist, author, speaker, facilitator, and coach. She has written or contributed to 11 books, including Ecoliterate with emotional intelligence expert Daniel Goleman. A former Harvard University fellow and Ashoka Changemakers Thought Leader, she has worked with CEOs, university presidents, and organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Human Rights Campaign, MacArthur

Tim Cooke was responsible for the refurbishment of the Ulster Museum in Belfast which won the Art Fund’s UK Museum of the Year Prize. He is a former senior broadcasting executive with the BBC, and serves as an Honorary Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

James Carroll’s Boston Globe columns won the 2012 Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Commentary. In 2002, Carroll published Toward A New Catholic Church: The Promise of Reform, and, in 2004, Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War. In 2006, he published House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.

Barbara Pfetsch is a Professor of Communication Theory and Media Effects Research at the Department of Media and Communication at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and principal investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. I am also involved in the Collaborative Research Centre “Re-Figuration of Spaces” (SFB 1265) at the TU Berlin.

Connie Chung is a veteran journalist and news anchor. She was the first woman and the first Asian-American to co-anchor the CBS Evening News, from 1993-1995. She previously worked as a correspondent for CBS news, a reporter and anchor for KNXT-TV in Los Angeles and NBC News. She has interviewed numerous world leaders and covered