Much like a 1960s ad man, visiting documentarian Adam Harrison Levy pitched his message to the audience gathered on Oct. 9 at Linsly-Chittenden Hall for the screening of his film “Selling the Sixties: How Madison Avenue Dreamed the Decade.”In remarks both...
James Bennet, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine, spoke to a roomful of students at a Davenport College Master’s Tea on Nov. 8 about his experience as a journalist, the mission of his magazine, and the bumpy road of challenges and doubts he had...
Susan Orlean, staff writer at the New Yorker, described her life-long love of writing and her recent book, “Rin Tin Tin” before a roomful of students and professors at a Morse College Master’s Tea on Nov. 13.Susan OrleanOrlean began by explaining her...
Dean Starkman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning financial journalist for the Columbia Journalism Review, shared his theories about the 2008 financial crisis with students at a Calhoun College master’s tea on Nov. 29. His talk was sponsored by the Poynter...
James B. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and reporter for the New Yorker, talked on campus on Oct. 4 about the inspiration for and process behind “Heart of a Soldier,” his 2002 book about Rick Rescorla, a security guard at the World Trade Center...
Photographer Susan Meiselas spoke to a roomful of Yale students and professors about on Oct. 3 about her work covering violence and political crises in Latin America over the past four decades. Her presentation was sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in...
Three journalists discussed the world of feminist blogging during a symposium on Jan. 29, sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.Before a packed room of students and members of the New Haven community, Lori Adelman (Feministing.com), Akiba...