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| 6 - 9 p.m. |
Welcome Reception, Lippmann House
Join classmates, friends and members of the Harvard community at the home of the Nieman Foundation
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Saturday, Nov. 8
Convocation Meeting
True Grit: Advancing Journalism's Covenant in the 21st Century
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All events at The Charles Hotel
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8:30 a.m.
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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9:30 a.m.
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Welcome
Bob Giles, Curator
Viewing of 70th Anniversary Video
Produced by Lorie Conway
Preserving Nieman Values Through the Years
A panel discussion moderated by Bill Kovach, NF ’89, Nieman Foundation Curator 1989-2000.
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Rosental Alves
NF ’88, Professor, University of Texas at Austin; and founding director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.
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Deborah Amos
NF ’92, Iraq Reporter, National Public Radio.
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Hodding Carter III
NF ’66, Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Ellen Goodman
NF ’74, Syndicated Columnist, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post Writers Group
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George de Lama
NF ’92, Former Managing Editor for News, Chicago Tribune.
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Anne Hull
NF ’95, Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post.
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Louise Kiernan
NF ’05, Senior Editor for Staff Writing Development, Chicago Tribune.
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Jack Nelson
NF ’62, Retired Washington Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times.
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Gene Robinson
NF ’88, Associate Editor and Twice-Weekly Columnist, The Washington Post.
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Noon
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Lunch
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1 - 4:30 p.m.
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The Moral and Ethical Obligations of Journalism in a Digital World
Leonard Downie, Jr.
Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Introduction by Alex Jones, NF ’82, Director, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University; and member of the Nieman Foundation Advisory Board.
Voices from the New World of Journalism
Panel discussion moderated by Geneva Overholser,
NF ’86, Director of the School of Journalism at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication.
Introduction by William O. Wheatley, Jr., NF ’77, Retired executive vice president, NBC News; and president of the Nieman Foundation Advisory Board.
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Joshua Benton
NF ’08, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab
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Charles Sennott
NF ’06, Executive Editor/VP, Global News Enterprises
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Michael Skoler
NF ’93, Executive Director (on leave for 2008-09), American Public Media's Center for Innovation in Journalism
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Mara Schiavocampo
Digital Journalist for NBC Nightly News' blog, The Daily Nightly
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Jack E. White
NF ’77, Contributor, TheRoot.com
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Melissa Ludtke
NF ’92 , Editor, Nieman Reports
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6 p.m.
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Reception
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7 p.m.
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Dinner
Dinner Speech: The Press and the Presidency
Ellen Fitzpatrick, American Historian/Scholar. Regularly seen as a commentator on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Speech transcript »
Press and Politics in the New Administration
Panel discussion moderated by Tom Ashbrook, NF ’96, Host of NPR's On Point.
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John Harwood
NF ’90, Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC, and political writer for The New York Times
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John Walcott
Washington Bureau Chief, McClatchy Co.
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Amy Goldstein
NF ’05, National Social Policy Reporter, The Washington Post
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Jeanne Cummings
Reporter, Politico.com
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Pekka Mykkanen
NF ’04, Washington-based correspondent for Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest daily
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| Sunday, Nov. 9 |
| 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Farewell Brunch, Lippmann House |