WORLDLY PERSPECTIVES WITH CLYDE HABERMAN
In this popular and candid series that cuts to the heart of world affairs, Clyde Haberman, New York City columnist for the New York Times and veteran foreign correspondent, talks with renowned journalists. Avoiding sound bites and the clichés of studio-bound pundits, Haberman’s more leisurely approach consistently yields thoughtful conversation and insightful observations from many corners of the world.
Pre-registration is required for these events. Please e-mail your details to scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu.
David Rohde
reporter, New York Times
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
David Rohde’s work for the New York Times has ranged from coverage of peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq to reports on the devastating earthquake in Pakistan and Afghans imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay. Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban in November 2008. He escaped after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan and gave his account in the Times series, “Held by the Taliban.” Rohde was part of the Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and he also received the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his coverage of the Srebrenica massacre for the Christian Science Monitor.
Barton GellMan
special projects reporter, Washington Post
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Barton Gellman is a special projects reporter at the Washington Post and author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, which won the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for nonfiction and earned a spot on the New York Times Best Seller list. His 2007 newspaper series on Cheney, with partner Jo Becker, won a Pulitzer Prize, a George Polk Award, and Harvard’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Gellman also shared a Pulitzer for national reporting in 2002. Over a 21-year career at the Post, he has served tours covering diplomacy, the Middle East, the Pentagon, and the D.C. Superior Court. His previous books include Contending with Kennan: Toward a Philosophy of American Power.
Julia Preston
national immigration correspondent, New York Times
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Julia Preston was a member of the New York Times staff that won a 1998 Pulitzer Prize for its series profiling the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico. Preston has covered immigration for the paper since April 2006. Previously, she had been deputy investigations editor and United Nations Bureau Chief. She was a Times correspondent in Mexico from 1995 to 2001. Preston came to the Times after working at the Washington Post for nine years as a foreign correspondent. She is a 1997 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished coverage of Latin America and a 1994 winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Humanitarian Journalism.
