Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • Thursday Mar 4 2010

    Exhibition and Fundraiser: Haiti

    6:30 PM

    At VII Dumbo in New York City, an exhbition of Ron Haviv's photographs of post-earthquake Haiti and fundraiser for Partners in Health.

    The exhibition will feature intimate reportage from Ron Haviv, who was in Haiti less than 24 hours after the earthquake devastated Port au Prince and surrounding areas.

    For more information, see the VII agency website.

    Details

    VII Dumbo
    28 Jay Street
    Brooklyn NY 11201

    March 4 to March 26, 2010
    Gallery hours 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

    Public Reception and Fundraiser:
    Thursday, March 4, 2010
    6:30 to 9:00 pm

  • Friday Mar 5 2010

    Brownbag Lunch: Reporting on Sexual Assault on College Campuses

    12:00 PM

    At Columbia University in New York City, a briefing by Kristen Lombardi of the Center for Public Integrity on her  investigative series.

    Lombardi will offer a behind-the-scenes look at her team's groundbreaking series "Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice." Their investigation uncovered a disturbing culture of silence surrounding rape among students and institutional barriers to those victims who seek justice.

    Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
    The Stabile Student Center
    116th Street and Broadway
    New York, NY

  • Saturday Mar 13 2010

    Symposium: Between Hope & History: When Disaster Strikes

    11:00 AM

    At New York University in New York City, a day-long symposium featuring panels and a keynote speech reflecting on recent and continuing calamities, both man-made and natural.

    The symposium, co-sponsored by the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, will feature conversations between over a dozen journalists, writers, thinkers, and activists who have faced disaster.

    For a complete list of panelists and sessions, go to the official website.

  • Thursday Mar 18 2010

    Seminar: Documenting Memories of Catastrophe

    3:00 PM

    At Columbia University in New York City, a seminar about using oral history to cover disaster, part of an ongoing series of public workshops on oral history methodologies.

    This seminar will feature Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia University Oral History Research Office and founder of the September 11, 2001 Oral History Narrative and Memory Project.

    For more information, go to the official website.

  • Friday Mar 19 2010

    Ceremony: Quill Awards Dinner

    6:30 PM

    At the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, Australia, a dinner honoring winners of the Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.

    Awards in 25 categories will be given to leading journalists in the state of Victoria, Australia, at a dinner with keynote speaker Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

    For more details, see the official website.

  • Friday Mar 26 2010

    Deadline: Academic Fellowships

    4:00 PM

    Applications are due for the inaugural Dart Center Academic Fellowships.

    The annual Dart Center Academic Fellowship program is designed to provide college and university journalism faculty and advisors to student media advanced skills in teaching the art and craft of newsgathering, storytelling and self-care when reporting human tragedy.

    For more information about the fellowship and how to apply, see the Academic Fellowship application guidelines.