John Fisher Zeidman Memorial Colloquium on Politics and the Press
The Zeidman Colloquium convenes panels comprising some of the most well-known journalists of our time to discuss the relationship between media and politics. The Zeidman Colloquium typcially is held biennially during election years and is open to the public. The next Colloquium will be held in November of 2014.
Previous Colloquiums:
2012: Media Coverage of the 2012 Elections
The 21st Zeidman Colloquium was held on November 17, 2012.
Panelists:
John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and political director of CBS News;
Nia-Malika Henderson (T’96), national political reporter for The Washington Post
Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed.com.
Duke Today article: At Zeidman Colloquium, Journalists Chime In On the Changing Coverage of Campaigns
2010: Media coverage of the 2010 mid-term elections
The 20th Zeidman colloquium was held on November 20, 2010.
Panelists:
John F. Harris, a Editor-in-Chief of Politico
Sunshine Hillygus, associate professor of Political Science at Duke University, and an expert on elections and media polling
John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent
Philip Bennett, the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, moderated the event.
2008: Media coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election
The 2008 colloquium was held on November 15, just after the 2008 presidential election.
A videotape of the event can be accessed at no cost on iTunes U.
Panelists:
Garrett Graff, Editor at the Washingtonian and founding editor of mediaBistro.com’s Fishbowl D.C.
Ruth Marcus, an editorial writer and columnist for The Washington Post, specializing in American politics, campaign finance, and the federal budget and taxes
Mark Shields, a nationally syndicated columnist and political analyst with the News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
Jeff Zeleny, a New York Times correspondent who covered Barack Obama on the 2008campaign trail
2006: The Mid-Term Elections and the 2008 Presidential Race
Ellen Mickiewicz, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
Mike Allen, TIME Magazine
Mark Halperin, ABC News
Bill Schneider, CNN
2004: The Bush Presidency: The Next Four Years
Margaret Warner, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
David Broder, The Washington Post
David Brooks, The New York Times
2002: The Bush Presidency
Richard Berke, The New York Times
David Gergen, Harvard University
Chuck Roberts, CNN
Jim Yardley, The New York Times, Houston Bureau
Ellen Mickiewicz, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
2000: Horse Race or Issues? Coverage of the 2000 Presidential Campaign
Ellen Mickiewicz, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
Andrew Glass, Cox Newspapers
Gwen Ifill, PBS
William Raspberry, The Washington Post
1998: The Press and the Presidency: Clinton’s Capacity to Govern
Ellen Mickiewicz, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio
Martin Tolchin, The Hill
Susan Tifft, Formerly TIME Magazine, Eugene Patterson Professor, Duke University
1996
Al Hunt, The Wall Street Journal
Alex Jones, Formerly The New York Times, Eugene Patterson Professor, Duke University
Susan Tifft, Formerly TIME Magazine, Eugene Patterson Professor, Duke University
Judy Woodruff, CNN
1995
Robert Kaiser, The Washington Post
Geneva Overholser, The Washington Post
Barbara Cochran, CBS News
1994
Hodding Carter III, Independent Producer
Catherine Crier, CNN
David Gergen, Former White House Advisor
1993
David Broder, The Washington Post
Paul Duke, Washington Week in Review
1992
R.W. Apple, Jr., The New York Times
Robert Entman, Northwestern University
Charlie Rose, The Charlie Rose Show
1991
Tom Brokaw, NBC News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
Ted Koppel, ABC Nightline
Larry Sabato, University of Virginia
1990
Marek Lasota, Polish Radio
Andreas Lehmann, Sonntag, Berlin
David Paletz, Duke University
Lukasz Plesnar, Czas Krakowski, Poland
1989
Richard Duncan, TIME Magazine
Bill Kovach, Nieman Foundation, Harvard
Ed Turner, CNN
1988
Saul Friedman, Newsday
Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
1987
Nicholas Daniloff, U.S. News & World Report
Barbara Matusow, The Washingtonian
Jack Nelson, The Los Angeles Times
1985
Floyd Abrams, Attorney
Harold Evans, U.S. News & World Report
John Walsh, Attorney
William Van Alstyne, Duke University
1984
Ken Eudy, The Charlotte Observer
Robert Kaiser, The Washington Post
James Lehrer, MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour
Hedrick Smith, The New York Times
Sander Vanocur, ABC News
