Discussion: Media as Educator in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises

February 24, 2010
5:30pm

The Society for International Education and Professor Zeena Zakharia's course in Politics, Education, and Conflict at Teachers College, Columbia University will host a discussion of the challenges, promises, and complexities of research and reporting in conflict settings, reflecting on ethics, responsibility and reporters' positioning as educators and potential agents of change.

Panelists

Neil MacFarquhar, U.N bureau chief for the New York Times
Margaret Besheer, U.N. correspondent for Voice of America
Talal Al-Haj, U.N. bureau chief for Al-Arabiya News Channel
Joe Lauria, U.N. correspondent for The Wall Street Journal

Details

The event is free and open to the public. Questions may be directed to Sarah Sherman at [email protected].

Room 152 Horace Mann
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York City, NY 10027