Nieman’s 80th Anniversary Reunion Weekend

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Schedule

Friday, October 12

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Opening reception at Lippmann House

7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Nieman Live! at The Memorial Church

Nieman alumni in a theatrical presentation of alumni stories exploring why and how journalism makes a difference

Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90, curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Welcome
Jeneé Osterheldt, NF ’17, culture writer, The Boston Globe

Your Friendly Newsroom Angry Black Woman
Christopher Weyant, NF ’16, cartoonist, The New Yorker and The Boston Globe

Code Orange: Political Cartooning in the Trump Era
Ying Chan, NF ’96, journalist, educator and e-learning advocate

Crossing Boundaries from New York to China and the World
Alastair Moock, singer-songwriter

The Ballad of William Worthy
Philip Meyer, NF ’67, journalist, author and educator

A Pioneer in Precision Journalism (video interview with Stuart Watson, NF ’08)
Ann Marimow, NF ’15, legal affairs reporter, The Washington Post and Bill Marimow, NF ’83, vice president and director of strategic development, The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Niemans: One Family, Two Generations
Eli Reed, NF ’83, photojournalist, Magnum Photos

A Long Walk Home
Issac Bailey, NF ’14, journalist, columnist and author

Finding My Voice
Marcela Turati, NF ’17, Mexican investigative journalist, founder of Periodistas de a Pie and Quinto Elemento Lab

Defending Journalism is a Fight for Life
Rev. Jonathan Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in Harvard’s Memorial Church

Closing Remarks

Saturday, October 13

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.	The 90-minute Nieman at the Science Center Introduction: Jane Spencer, deputy editor and head of strategy at The Guardian US, NF ’13 Bharat N. Anand, Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; senior associate dean of HBX, the school’s digital learning initiative; and vice provost for advances in learning at Harvard University *The Content Trap* Introduction: Fungai Tichawangana, NF ’16, writer, photographer, digital journalist (Zimbabwe) Yochai Benkler, Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Network Propaganda: Is technology at the root of epistemic crises in 21st century democracies? Introduction: Michael Anti, NF ’08, founder of Caixin Globus (China) Sarah Lewis, assistant professor at Harvard in the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Department of African and African American Studies What is the Relationship Between Images and Justice in American Life? Introduction: Lolly Bowean, NF ’17, Chicago Tribune reporter Jennifer Roberts, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities, Department of History of Art and Architecture, and Johnson-Kulukundis Faculty Director of the Arts, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Minding Making Introduction: Mary Schmich, NF ’96, Metro columnist for the Chicago Tribune and Brenda Starr writer Anupam Jena, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital Thinking Differently: Natural Experiments in Health Care Introduction: Deborah Schoch, NF ’00, health and science writer Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School; and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2013-2017) Making Change When Change Is Hard Introduction: Karin Pettersson, NF ’17, director of public policy at Schibsted Media Group (Sweden)
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	A conversation with Juan Manuel Santos Nobel Peace Prize winner, former president of Colombia and a 1988 Nieman Fellow Moderator: Margarita Martinez, NF ’09, Colombian documentary filmmaker
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.	Lunch at Lippmann House
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.	Journalism and Activism A roundtable discussion featuring: Stephen Engelberg, editor-in-chief of ProPublica John Harwood, NF ’90, editor at large for CNBC Samhita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Teen Vogue Moderator: Indira Lakshmanan, NF ’04, executive editor of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.	Buses leave from Charles Hotel to Boston Public Library
7:00 – 11:00 p.m.	Reception and dinner at the Boston Public Library

Sunday, October 14

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Brunch at Lippmann House