Join Duke alumni, parents, students, and friends for a wide-ranging conversation with former Duke Chronicle editor Maureen Farrell ‘01 and her co-author Eliot Brown about their recently published book, The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion. The Cult of We is the definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, … Continued
Kim Severson and Frank Bruni, two of the leading lights of the New York Times’s food section over recent decades, will discuss the changing nature of food journalism, the challenges of sustainability and cultural appropriation, and, beyond all of that, what it’s like to eat for a living! You can join us in person or … Continued
A conversation between Kim Severson, Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times journalist, and Frank Bruni, who was The Times's first openly gay Op-Ed columnist. Frank and Kim will talk about the extraordinary changes that they, as LGBTQ+ journalists since the 1980s, have seen in news coverage and in newsroom culture; what those changes mean; what challenges lie … Continued
The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy is having an open house, Friday, October 15th from 5:30-6:30 PM on the Sanford Lawn for Family Weekend! We will spotlight student reporters from The 9th Street Journal and hear about their work. The 9th Street Journal is published by DeWitt Wallace Center students and features articles about Durham, NC and local topics. … Continued
We'll be at Penn Pavilion to represent our Policy Journalism & Media Studies (PJMS) certificate program! Stop by for candy and swag, to meet faculty and staff, and to learn more about the PJMS certificate.
Dr. Danny Hayes will join us as part of the Fall 2021 Information Inequalities Speaker Series. Danny Hayes, a professor of Political Science at George Washington University, will talk about his book co-authored with Jennifer L. Lawless: "News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement." In recent decades, voter turnout in U.S. presidential … Continued
Nikki Usher will join us as part of the Fall 2021 Information Inequalities Speaker Series. Nikki Usher, PhD, will discuss her new book, News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism. The book considers how larger structural inequalities and political tensions in American life are instantiated through and by … Continued
Join us at Homecoming Weekend 2021 for “Duke, Life & Work: Finding Purpose,” a panel discussion about finding passion and purpose at Duke and beyond, and featuring alumni working across career industries. Moderated by Frank Bruni, long-time journalist and columnist for The New York Times, and Eugene C. Patterson, professor of the practice of journalism … Continued
Dr. Nicol Turner Lee will join us as part of the Fall 2021 Information Inequalities Speaker Series and will present the 2021 Ewing Lecture on Media Ethics. Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, a senior fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution will talk about her forthcoming book, … Continued
Professor Frank Bruni and Washington Post columnist, Steven Petrow, (T ’78) discuss Steven’s new book and how to live smarter and better than our parents. To order Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong with our special 20% … Continued
