This fall, the Humanities Council’s Program in Journalism presents a full slate of topical events featuring leading journalists and writers in conversation about pressing issues in the media today.
The series opens with Can Harris Win? Low-income Voters and the Election, which will be held on September 30 at 4:30 pm in McCosh 50.
Featuring Bishop William Barber II (Yale Divinity School), Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (African American Studies), Matthew Desmond (Sociology), and Ron Allen (Journalism), the multi-disciplinary panel will discuss voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election and strategies for reaching low-income voters. The conversation will be moderated by Eliza Griswold, director of the Program in Journalism.
This signature event is open to the public and is co-sponsored by Princeton University Public Lectures, the Department of Sociology, and the Department of African American Studies.
The program will also host two lunchtime talks—informal discussions of recent articles and books—featuring distinguished visiting journalists in discussion with University faculty. On October 31, the lunch talks begin with An Extraordinary Time For Journalism In America, featuring award-winning journalist and correspondent Ron Allen in conversation with Tera Hunter (History and African American Studies). On November 7, Vanity Fair staff writer May Jeong (Journalism) will discuss the transnational nature of sex work with Anne McClintock (Gender and Sexuality Studies and HMEI) during Sex and Work and Love in America and Abroad.
The lunch events will be held in 16 Joseph Henry House from 12:00-1:15 pm, and are open to Princeton faculty, graduate students, and staff. Registration is required.
For more information about these events, please visit the Program in Journalism website.
Princeton’s journalism courses were inaugurated in 1957 by a bequest from former New York Herald journalist Edwin F. Ferris. They have since become some of the nation’s most respected journalism seminars—as well as some of the University’s most highly rated classes. In 2018 the faculty voted unanimously to approve transforming the seminars into a formal academic program. Visit the website to learn more about the Program in Journalism.
