Past Events

Audio Reportage Conversations: Nadia Reiman (This American Life) and Molly O’Toole (LA Times), received the first Pulitzer for Audio Reporting, with Sarah Kramer

In Fall 2020, the Literary Reportage program is holding a series of conversations exploring the development of audio journalism. The discussions will be held on Wednesdays, from 12-1.

Digital Forays and Global Uprising: Archiving a Revolution: Smartphones, Social Media & Protest

This panel looks back on many connected waves of protest, but also zooms out to our global present to explore dissent, smartphones, and the digital ephemera that overflow from an ongoing Global Uprising.

NYU Reports: Live Election Night Broadcast

Livestream election coverage from NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute on 2020 Election Day.

Phallus Fallacies and Whale Snot: Writing About Weird Biology for More than Just Laughs

A conversation with Emily Willingham, Nick Caruso and Mara Grunbaum.

Digital Forays and Global Uprising: Aesthetics of Digital Dissent

This session we consider the digital junctions of aesthetics and protest - mediated by a capture, circulation, and reconfiguration that spans the globe.

Diversity Discussion: Race and the 2020 Presidential Election

Join a conversation with a diverse panel of New York Times national correspondents as they discuss how issues of race, ethnicity and immigration are playing out in the campaign and how these issues will impact the upcoming presidential election.

Virtual Professional Panel with the Coalition of Minority Journalists

Want to know more about Journalism as a career/interest? Please join us this Friday, October 23, 5:30-6:30 pm for a virtual professional panel discussion with Hilke Schellmann, Kayla Stewart, and Kate Sosin.

Audio Reportage Conversations: Sean Rameswaram, host of Vox’s Today, Explained, with Audrey Quinn

In Fall 2020, the Literary Reportage program is holding a series of conversations exploring the development of audio journalism. The discussions will be held on Wednesdays, from 12-1.

False News and Fact-Checking: Information Flows During a Pandemic and Presidential Election

Since the 2016 election, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others have struggled to contain the spread of false and misleading information on their platforms. The COVID-19 infodemic has contributed to the problem, with “Plandemic” and other conspiracy theories reaching millions of users before the platforms can remove them.

A Good Time To Be Born: A Book Discussion

A thrilling discussion on the fight against child mortality that transformed the way we as humans live.

Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade

Join us for a virtual awards ceremony announcing the top ten works of journalism of the past decade and honoring the winning creators.

Watching Them Watching Us: Reporting on Surveillance Capitalism

A conversation with Jillian York, Kashmir Hill and Shoshana Wodinsky.

Diversity, Immigration and the 2020 Presidential Election

Join Pamela Newkirk, Suketu Mehta, and Ulrich Baer for a discussion on the diversity industry, global immigration and the upcoming election.

DIGITAL FORAYS: Mediating the News: Digital Platforms & Publics

With Lina Attalah (Mada Masr), Josette Khalil (MEGAPHONE), Gürkan Özturan (Dokuz8 Haber), and Discussant Bilge Yeşil (CUNY - Staten Island)

Diversity Discussion: Journalism Trauma and Self Care

Join Bruce Shapiro, the Executive Director of the DART Center for Journalism and Trauma and Prof. Yvonne Latty, the Director of Reporting the Nation/NY in an exploration of healing from reporting on traumatic events.