2007 Calendar
Thursday, January 11, 9-10:30 am
China Bets on Its Future: Four Bets and the Future of the People's Republic of China
A panel discussion with Alex S. Jones, Director, Shorenstein Center; Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer in Public Policy; Suzanne Ogden, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Research Associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research; John Pomfret, West Coast Correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief, The Washington Post; Daniel Sneider, Associate Director for Research, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Director of the China Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government.
Co-sponsored with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University and moderated by Alex S. Jones.
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
Monday, February 5, 8 pm
The Kalb Report: Arab Journalists: Another Perspective. This panel discussion will take a hard look at differing perceptions and coverage of major news from the Middle East and around the world, including the war in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli peace process. Panelists include Mohamad Alami, Al Jazeera chief correspondent, Raghida Dergham, Al Hayat columnist and senior diplomatic correspondent, Hisham Melhem, Al Arabiya senior analyst and consultant, and Salamah Nematt, PaxArabia president and Al Hayat columnist. Moderated by Marvin Kalb.
For more information visit www.gwu.edu/~kalb.
The National Press Club Main, Washington, DC
Monday, February 12, 11:30am- 12:30pm
Human Rights, Foreign Policy and the Press
Brown bag lunch with Samantha Power, the Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Nye Room B, 5th floor Taubman
Tuesday, February 13, 12pm -1pm
Muslims in the Media: How the Press Has Handled the Challenge of Depicting Islam in America
Brown bag lunch with Paul Barrett, author of American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion and the assistant managing editor at BusinessWeek
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Wednesday, February 14, 1pm
Government Secrecy and the Press
Brown bag lunch with Floyd Abrams, a New York attorney specializing in freedom of speech and press issues. He was co-counsel for The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case and has argued before the U. S. Supreme Court.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, February 20, 12pm -1pm
Investigative Journalism: How Far is Too Far?
A brown bag lunch with Renee Ferguson, a Nieman Fellow and investigative reporter for NBC 5 in Chicago
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Wednesday, February 21, 12pm -1pm
Concentration of Media: Who Does it Serve?
A brown bag lunch with Eric Klinenberg, author of Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media and Professor of Sociology at New York University
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman
Tuesday, February 27, 12pm -1pm
The Media and the 2008 Presidential Campaign
A brown bag lunch with Adam Nagourney, national political reporter for The New York Times and former Institute of Politics fellow
Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, March 6 - 12 noon
Through the Eyes of the ABC Investigative Unit
Chris Isham, chief of investigative projects, ABC News
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, March 6 - 6:30 pm
George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire
An Emmy Award winning documentary written by Steve Fayer, Daniel McCabe and Paul Stekler. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Stekler and McCabe, who also directed the film, and with Fayer.
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Ground Floor
Tuesday, March 13 - 12 noon
The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media As A Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict
Marvin Kalb, Senior Fellow, Joan Shorenstein Center
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, March 13 - 6:00 PM
Goldsmith Awards Ceremony
Featuring a keynote speech by Goldsmith Career Award winner Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, National Public Radio
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Wednesday, March 14 - 9:00 AM
Goldsmith Seminar on the Present and Future of Investigative Reporting
with the finalists for the Goldsmith Prize on Investigative Reporting and representatives from the Center for Public Integrity:
Walter V. Robinson, Michael Rezendes, Beth Healy, The Boston Globe; Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, The Los Angeles Times; Debbie Cenziper, The Miami Herald; Ken Armstrong and Justin Mayo, The Seattle Times; Charles Forelle, James Bandler and Mark Maremont, The Wall Street Journal; Dan Morgan and Gilbert M. Gaul, The Washington Post, and William E. Buzenberg and Chuck Lewis, Center for Public Integrity.
Nye Conference Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
Monday, March 19 - 12 noon
The Scribe: Writing for the President
Michael Gerson, former presidential policy adviser and speechwriter, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and is currently working on a manuscript on the future of conservatism.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, April 3 - 12 pm
How Strategic Politicians, Journalists and Citizens Shape the News about War
Brown bag lunch with Matthew Baum, visiting associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School.
Kalb Seminar Room,Taubman 275
Wednesday, April 4th, 12pm- 1pm
Presidential Stage Managers: The Art and Science of Advance
Brown bag lunch with George Caudill, former director of advance for President Clinton, and Greg Jenkins, former director of advance for President Bush.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Monday, April 9 - 12 pm
The Candidates, the 2008 Campaign, and the Press
Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News and founder and editor of "The Note," is a joint visiting fellow with the Institute of Politics and Shorenstein Center.
Littauer 166, Institute of Politics
Wednesday, April 11 - 12 pm
The Democratization of Democracy: How New Technologies are Fueling Our Best and Worst Tendencies
Carol Darr, director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University.
Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building
Saturday, April 14
Human Rights and Media Conference - "Youth Activism"
Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. www.humanrightsandmedia.com
Monday, April 16 - 12 pm
Following President Bush
Brooks Kraft, a photojournalist based in Washington, D.C., has been assigned to photograph President Bush and the White House staff for Time magazine.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, April 17 - 12 pm
The Opt-Out Myth: How and Why the Press Keeps Distorting the Facts About Working Mothers
E. J. Graff, senior researcher at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and a contributor to TPMCafe.com.
Co-sponsored with the Women and Public Policy Program
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Wednesday, April 18 - 12 pm
The White House Press: The Perspective of a Former Press Secretary
Mike McCurry, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton, is a Washington-based communications consultant associated with Public Strategies Washington, Inc.
Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Building
Saturday, April 21
Human Rights and Media Conference - "Soldier Media"
Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. www.humanrightsandmedia.com
Monday, April 23 - 12 pm
The European View of Foreign News
Sylvia Poggioli, senior foreign correspondent for National Public Radio's foreign desk.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Saturday, April 28
Human Rights and Media Conference - "Beijing Olympics 2008"
Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. www.humanrightsandmedia.com
Monday, April 30 - 12 pm
Iraq, Iran, North Korea: Covering the Crises of George Bush's Presidency
A brown bag lunch with David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times.
Co-sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, September 18 - 12 pm
Politics as Entertainment: The Softening of Presidential Campaign Coverage
Brown bag lunch with Bill Powers, media critic and author of Off the Record: The Press, the Government and the War over Anonymous Sources
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, September 25, 12 pm
Landscape for the White House 2008
Brown bag lunch with Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of Hotline
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, September 25, 8 pm
"The Kalb Report": CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric to Discuss Democracy and the Press
Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," will join veteran journalist and scholar Marvin Kalb to discuss democracy and the press in the first installment of the 2007-2008 Kalb Report series.
National Press Club, Washington, DC
Tuesday, October 9, 12 pm
A Reporter’s View of the Iraq War
Brown bag lunch with Linda Robinson, contributing editor, U.S. News & World Report
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, October 16, 12 pm
The BBC and the Middle East
Brown bag lunch with Simon Wilson, former editor, BBC Middle East bureau; current Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, October 23, 12 pm
The New Architecture of Journalism
Brown bag lunch with David Shribman, vice president and executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Thursday,, October 25, 6 pm
Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics
A public address by Maureen Dowd, columnist, The New York Times, and presentation of the David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism to Dana Priest, national security correspondent, The Washington Post
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Friday, October 26, 9 am-10:30 am
The Invisible Primary: Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics
A panel discussion with Charles E. Cook, Jr., publisher, The Cook Political Report; Tom Fiedler, Shorenstein Fellow, former editor-in-chief, The Miami Herald; Mark Halperin, editor at large and senior political analyst, Time magazine; political analyst, ABC News; Steve Jarding, lecturer in public policy, Kennedy School of Government; Marion Just, professor of political science at Wellesley College; and Dana Priest, national security correspondent, The Washington Post.
Moderator: Thomas Patterson, acting director, Shorenstein Center; Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor
Thursday, November 1, 6 pm
Financial Reporting: The Disconnect between the Front Page and the Business Section
Panelists: Floyd Norris, The New York Times; Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek; Ed Glaeser, Harvard University; Jeff Frankel, Harvard University
Moderator: Tom Patterson, Acting Director, Shorenstein Center; Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Monday, November 5, 1 pm
Brown bag lunch with Mark McKinnon, chief media advisor to George W. Bush during the 2000 and 2004 election campaigns
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, November 6, 12 pm
Brown bag lunch with Norman Pearlstine, author of Off the Record: The Press, the Government and the War over Anonymous Sources.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Wednesday, November 14, 12 pm
Brown bag lunch with Anthony Shadid, foreign correspondent, The Washington Post; Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Tuesday, November 27, 12 pm
Brown Bag lunch with Robert Drogin, national security correspondent, The Los Angeles Times
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Friday, November 30, 9 am – 3 pm
“Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens”
Panelists, speakers and moderators include: Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe; Susan Carroll, Rutgers University; Pippa Norris, Harvard University; Kay Schlozman, Boston College; Sidney Verba, Harvard University; Thomas Patterson, Harvard University; Rick Kaplan, CBS News; Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; Sandy Rowe, The Oregonian; Shelley Ross, CBS News; Linda Wertheimer, NPR; Linda Douglass, National Journal; Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post; Garance Franke-Ruta, The American Prospect; Caroline Little, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive; Robin Sproul, ABC News; Marion Just, Wellesley College
Nye ABC, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
Tuesday, December 4, 12 pm
Brown bag lunch with Chuck Todd, political director and on-air political analyst for NBC News.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
Wednesday, December 5, 12 pm
Brown bag lunch with Ted Gup, author of Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life.
Littauer 166, IOP Conference Room
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