Imperial alert: I’ll be at Columbia Journalism School Conference Tomorrow

A conference on the Journalism of Opinion

Date and time: Friday 30 April, 1:00 pm- 6:00 p.m.

Location: Columbia University Journalism School., Lecture Hall, 3rd floor

Structure: Keynote, 2 Panels, Reception

A Friends of the Library event cosponsored by

       Columbia University Department of American Studies

       Columbia University Journalism School

        Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University

Organizing principle

An examination of the role of the “journalism of opinion” in American intellectual history in the last century and how it continues in the digital world. The impetus for the conference is the presence at Columbia University of The New Leader magazine and archives.

The journalism of opinion has played a significant role in twentieth-century American intellectual history. From its beginnings in paper only format, through hybrid paper and digital formats, and into purely digital spaces, the influence of journalism of opinion has remained strong. But the presence of journals of opinion has diminished. The message has outlasted the medium and more journalism of opinion exists online than off today  This short conference will offer thoughts on the journalism of opinion–past, present, and future.

Schedule

1:00-1:10 pm: Introduction

Dean Nicholas Lemann (Henry R. Luce Professor, Columbia Journalism School)

1:10-1:40 pm Keynote:

Victor Navasky (Delacorte Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School; Chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review; former editor and publisher of The Nation)

1:45-3:15 pm Panel 1: Journalism of Opinion in the Twentieth Century

Moderator: Casey Blake (Columbia University)

   Eric Alterman (CUNY; columnist at The Nation)

   Howard Brick (University of Michigan)

   Rochelle Gurstein (independent scholar)

   Michael Kazin (Georgetown University, co-editor of Dissent)

3:30-5:00 pm Panel 2: Journalism of Opinion in the Twenty-First Century

Moderator: Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor and publisher of The Nation)

   Stanley Crouch (columnist at the Daily News)

   Andi Zeisler (founder of Bitch Media)

   TBD

5:00-6:00 pm Reception

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