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Frontline Club Event in NY

The great and always interesting Frontline CLub is having its first event in New York City. Hopefully this will be the first of many to come.

Media Talk: Talking to the enemy – NEW YORK
in association with the Overseas Press Club of New York

Mon 16th April, 6.00pm—RSVP essential

With Jon Snow (Channel 4), Roger Cohen (New York Times), David Loyn (BBC), David Marash (Al Jazeera English), Jon Alpert (DCTV) and Robert Pollock (Wall Street Journal)
Others – TBC.

Location: New York – McGraw Hill, 1221 Ave. of the Americas, New York, 10020, 50th floor executive dining room

The Frontline Club’s inaugural New York event examines whether the Western media’s deafness towards their countries’ sworn enemies is stifling the truth.

The event will be opened by Open Society Institute’s President Aryeh Neier at 6pm and followed by the “Talking to the Enemy” debate in association with the Overseas Press Club of New York.

Should the western media make greater efforts to talk to their governments’ proclaimed enemies including the Taleban, Al-Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents? Is the American media engaging in self-censorship and making the same mistakes of the British media’s coverage of Northern Ireland? Does the truth suffer first in the war against terrorism?

The discussion will be moderated by Channel 4’s award winning presenter, and frequent Frontline Club moderator, Jon Snow. On his panel are:

Jon Alpert – Downtown Community Television Centre – winner of 4 Emmies for his documentary Baghdad ER.

Roger Cohen – international writer at large for the New York Times.

David Loyn – BBC Developing World Correspondent and author of “Frontline: the true story of the British mavericks who changed the face of war reporting”. David recently had exclusive access to the Taleban in Afghanistan.

David Marash – David Marash Al Jazeera English presenter – formerly an award-winning correspondent for ABC News’ Nightline where he covered both global and US domestic issues

Robert Pollock – Wall Street Journal’s editorial features editor and winner of the 2006 Gerald Loeb Award for commentary.

Others – TBC.

Please book your place by contacting Lydia El Khouri: lydia.elkhouri@frontlineclub.com

by Ron Haviv at Wed Apr 11 18:34:38 UTC 2007 (ed. Mar 12 2008) new york, United States | Bookmark this | Digg this |

16 Apr 2007 00:04
Man… I’d love to go but have a big test that night.

by Bill Putnam | 12 Apr 2007 00:04 | Washington, DC, United States |
Man… I’d love to go but have a big test that night.

by Bill Putnam | 12 Apr 2007 00:04 | Washington, DC, United States |
Just got in from this event. Absolutely terrific.

I encourage everyone here to go to the site and view it online.

Spirited, lively and challenging on a number of fronts.

by Omar Mullick | 17 Apr 2007 04:04 | Brooklyn, NY, United States |


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Participants

Ron Haviv, Photographer Ron Haviv
Photographer
new york , United States
Bill Putnam, multi-media photojog Bill Putnam
multi-media photojog
(Scanning my life.)
Washington, DC , United States ( IAD )
En route to Princeton, Mass. (ETA: Aug 2 2008)
Omar Mullick, Omar Mullick
New York , United States ( JFK )


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