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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science director Lorraine Daston explored the origins of the “scientific community.” The Columbia Journalism School hosted this event.

Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war there since February 2022. This event was hosted by Columbia Journalism Scho…

Columbia University Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This …

Columbia University Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This …

Elena Cherney of the Wall Street Journal, Valerie Hopkins of the New York Times, David Rohde of the New Yorker, Gulnoza Said of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Max Seddon of the Fi…

Columbia University Journalism School and the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This …

Book TV provided coverage of the 2020 J. Anthony Lukas Prize, sponsored by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University to “recognize excellence …

The J. Anthony Lukas Prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and the Columbia University School of Journalism to non-fiction books on an “American topic of political or social concern.” 2017…

Nikole Hannah-Jones talked about the way racial segregation in housing and schools had been maintained through official action and policy. She spoke with Professor Keith Gessen. “Writing…

The J. Anthony Lukas Prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and the Columbia University School of Journalism to non-fiction books on an American topic.  The finalists for 2016 included Susa…

Panelists talked about how journalism has changed since the Guardian newspaper’s decision to publish leaked U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance files submitted by former governm…

Panelists talked about the use of social media and the speed of “bad information” following breaking national news stories such as recent school shootings in Connecticut and the Boston Marat…

Panelists talked about media coverage of the perpetrators of mass casualty crimes. Topics included the the December 2012 Connecticut elementary shooting, gun control efforts, and media portr…

Reporters and clinicians talked about lessons learned from coverage of the mass shootings at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech University, and Newtown, Connecticut, and the Boston Maratho…

A selectwoman, a police spokesperson, a community radio station news director, and a photojournalist, all from Newtown, Connecticut, talked about their experiences in the immediate aftermath…

Journalist Aidan Hartley talked about his book, The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands, published by Atlantic Monthly Press. He described his time as a Reuter…

A preview clip of Aidan Hartley talking about his book, The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands, was shown.

Journalists talked about access to presidential papers, ownership of archival materials relating to the presidency, and new restrictions issued by the Bush administration limiting access to …

Attorney Floyd Abrams interviewed Howell Raines of the New York Times about coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., editorial decision-making on the story, and subs…

Journalists talked about the quality of television news, the influence of ratings and advertising money, and news as entertainment. They called for tighter journalistic standards and said th…