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March 5, 2012 02:32 PM
What’s In David Carr’s Backpack?
The New York Times media columnist shows his stuff
David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at The Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis (it was 1982), but he can say with confidence: “This backpack contains more firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into” back then. To prove it, he unpacked. (For more on Carr's backpack, click here.)
Video by Granny Cart Productions. Follow them on Twitter @GrannyCart.
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July 25, 2011 12:17 PM
The Ritual
A video examination of Israel's photojournalism apparatus in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
Israel has long been at the epicenter of photojournalism datelines. Today, even during a period of relative calm, the major Western wires—AP, Reuters, AFP, EPA—all have permanent bureaus in the country (population: 7.7 million) and the Palestinian territories. Add in newspapers and broadcast networks, not to mention news services from the Middle East, China, and Russia, and you have a media apparatus for images that rivals any other conflict on the planet.
In the absence of any sustained conflict, packs of photojournalists and freelance photographers have taken to covering the so-called “Friday demonstrations” staged weekly by Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank against settlements and the Israeli West Bank barrier. Each Friday, Israeli Defence Forces and border police routinely trade tear gas for stones with Palestinian youth, thereby presenting photographers with opportunities for dramatic images. Easily accessible by taxi and safer than an actual conflict zone, these demonstrations have become training grounds (some might say battling grounds) for young conflict photographers. Documentary filmmaker Andrew Lampard is preparing an hour-long film on the subject. This video piece, excerpted from the longer documentary, examines the issues that arise when “the pack” visits these demonstrations.
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November 1, 2010 12:26 PM
The Buzz and Beyond: Reporting the 2010 Midterm Elections
NPR, Politico, and The New York Times on the campaign trail
This video follows three political journalists--Don Gonyea of NPR News, Mark Leibovich of The New York Times, and Alexander Burns of Politico--as they scour the country for insights into Congressional candidates and their campaigns.
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June 29, 2010 03:44 PM
Video: The Journalism of Opinion
Video from Columbia's recent conference on opinion journalism in American intellectual history
On April 30, 2010, Columbia University hosted a conference on opinion journalism in American intellectual history. The conference was organized by Eric Wakin, the Lehman Curator for American History at Columbia University, and featured several notable speakers and panelists, including Victor Navasky, Michael Kazin, Andi Zeisler, Eric Alterman, Stanley Crouch, and more. Video of the entire conference is embedded below.
Keynote Address by Victor Navasky: In the video embedded below, Victor Navasky, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and former editor and publisher of The Nation, delivers his keynote address. He is introduced by Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Journalism of Opinion in the Twentieth Century: In the video embedded below, a panel--featuring Eric Alterman of The Nation, Howard Brick of the University of Michigan, Michael Kazin of Dissent, and independent scholar Rochelle Gurstein--discusses the role that opinion journalism played in the twentieth century. The panel is moderated by Casey Blake, professor of history at Columbia University.
Journalism of Opinion in the Twenty-First Century: In the video embedded below, a panel--featuring Daily News columnist and author Stanley Crouch, Bitch Media founder Andi Zeisler, New York Times op-ed page staff editor Mark Lotto, and BlueMassGroup co-founder Bob Neer--discusses the distinction between opinion and commentary, and the fate of both in the digital age. The panel is moderated by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation.
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May 5, 2010 02:41 PM
Delacorte Lecture with Arianna Huffington
Watch the Huffington Post editor-in-chief's Delacorte Lecture here
On April 7, 2010, Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Huffington Post, delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below, and can also be accessed here.
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May 4, 2010 01:05 PM
Delacorte Lecture with Ronald Henkoff
Watch the Bloomberg Markets editor's Delacorte Lecture here
On March 31, 2010, Ronald Henkoff, the editor of Bloomberg Markets, delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below, and can also be accessed here.
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April 5, 2010 10:48 AM
The Pentagon Papers: A CJR Panel
Video of the recent panel discussion hosted by CJR
The New York Times first printed stories based on the Pentagon’s detailed secret history of the war in Vietnam on June 13, 1971. The Washington Post soon followed with its own Pentagon Papers story, setting a monumental court battle between the newspapers and the federal government. Unlike the Times, the Post had only a short time to absorb and report on the material, and the story of the Post’s dramatic decision to proceed is dramatized in a play currently running in New York called Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons.
On March 16, the Columbia Journalism Review hosted a benefit performance of the play, which was followed by a panel discussion featuring some of the people most directly involved in the Pentagon Papers case. They are:
*Daniel Ellsberg, the ex-marine and former Pentagon official who leaked the papers in an effort to stop the war;
* Leslie Gelb, who was project director for the Pentagon Papers, and Ellsberg’s boss at the time, before going on to a career in journalism;
* James Goodale, former general counsel for the Times, who argued successfully for publication;
* Nicholas Lemann, the dean of Columbia’s graduate school of journalism, a former Washington Post reporter who knew most of the reporters and editors portrayed in the play.
CJR’s chairman, Victor Navasky, moderated the panel, which was taped by C-SPAN. We're told it is scheduled to run on the network starting April 17.
We have our own tape, meanwhile. For a five-minute segment click here. And for the full monty, scroll down or click here.
We hope you enjoy it.
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March 22, 2010 10:54 AM
Delacorte Lecture with Peggy Northrop
Watch the Reader's Digest editor's Delacorte Lecture here
On March 10, 2010, Reader's Digest editor-in-chief Peggy Northrop delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below.
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March 17, 2010 01:41 PM
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
A clip from the recent CJR panel discussion
On March 16, 2010, the Columbia Journalism Review hosted a benefit performance of the play Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. A panel discussion, moderated by Victor Navasky and featuring Daniel Ellsberg, Leslie Gelb, James Goodale, and Nicholas Lemann, followed the performance. A clip from the discussion is embedded below, and can also be accessed here:
Video courtesy Alan Haburchak.
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March 8, 2010 11:19 AM
Delacorte Lecture with Adam Pitluk
Watch the American Way editor's Delacorte Lecture here
On February 24, 2010, American Way editor Adam Pitluk delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below.
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March 2, 2010 12:13 PM
Delacorte Lecture with Chris Dixon
Watch the New York art director's Delacorte Lecture here
On February 17, 2010, New York art director Chris Dixon delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below, and can also be accessed here.
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February 23, 2010 04:57 PM
Delacorte Lecture with David Remnick
Watch Remnick's Delacorte Lecture here
On February 10, 2010, New Yorker editor David Remnick delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Video of the lecture is embedded below, and can also be accessed here.
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February 11, 2010 11:23 AM
Delacorte Lecture with James R. Gaines
Watch Gaines's Delacorte Lecture here
On February 3, 2010, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism hosted James R. Gaines, editor-in-chief of the multimedia online publication FLYP, who delivered the first Delacorte Lecture of 2010. A former editor of People, Life, and Time, Gaines spoke about multimedia journalism and the challenges of storytelling in a digital age. Video of the lecture is embedded below, and can also be accessed here.
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February 8, 2010 11:42 AM
Behind the Veil: Covering Iraq’s Women in Hiding
CJR presents an ongoing video series about the work of investigative reporters
ABOUT THE SERIES
Welcome to The Investigators, an ongoing Web video series produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting highlighting incisive work—as it happens—by journalists around the world. The series features interviews with journalists, who share the stories behind their international investigations into human rights abuses, financial corruption, political malfeasance, environmental destruction, and other abuses of power. Often these journalists work in dangerous circumstances, risking their lives to reveal stories that have far-reaching impact and are relevant to us all. The original series is available at the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Web site.
ABOUT BEHIND THE VEIL
Lawlessness and sectarian violence quickly engulfed Iraq after the fall of Saddam, leaving women especially vulnerable. Correspondent Anna Badkhen and photojournalist Mimi Chakarova visited a secret women's shelter in Baghdad to meet with rape victims and war widows and document their stories. CIR’s Carrie Ching spoke to the reporters in their hotel room in Baghdad via Skype for this episode of The Investigators.
ABOUT THE JOURNALISTS
Anna Badkhen has covered wars in Afghanistan, Somalia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Chechnya and Kashmir. She has reported extensively from Iraq since 2003. Her reporting has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The National, FRONTLINE/World, Truthdig, and Salon. Her book, "A War Reporter's Pantry," will be published in January 2011 by Free Press/Simon&Schuster. Read her reporter's blog for CIR.
Mimi Chakarova is a photojournalist and photography instructor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Her solo exhibitions include documentary projects on South Africa, Jamaica, Cuba, Kashmir and Eastern Europe. She is currently working on two long-term projects that examine the conflict in Kashmir and sex trafficking of women in Eastern Europe. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, CBS News 60 Minutes, and FRONTLINE/World.
Learn more about this story on FRONTLINE/World: "Iraq: Living in Hiding"
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