MEDIA CONTACTS:
Maralee Csellar
202-994-7564; [email protected]
Kurtis Hiatt
202-994-1849; [email protected]
EVENT:
“Reporting in Pakistan: The Challenges, Realities and Stories You Aren’t Hearing” will feature a panel of journalists who have spent years in the country pursuing stories that often go underreported. They will discuss the challenges and dangers of their work and the important stories Americans often don't hear. The event is presented by the George Washington University (GW) School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) and the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC). This event will be live tweeted at #reportingpak.
WHO:
Panelists include:
• Declan Walsh, Pakistan bureau chief for The New York Times
• Habiba Nosheen, a Peabody award-winning Pakistani journalist and filmmaker of “Outlawed in Pakistan”
• Sadia Shepard, a Pakistani-American documentary film producer and author
• Richard Leiby, GW SMPA lecturer who recently returned from Pakistan, where he was bureau chief for The Washington Post
Azmat Khan, senior digital producer and reporter at Al Jazeera and OPC board member, will moderate.
WHEN:
Tuesday, Feb. 11; 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
WHERE:
George Washington University
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange and Blue lines)
TICKETS:
This event is free and open to the public. Members of the public should reserve tickets at: http://go.gwu.edu/reportinginpakistan.
MEDIA:
Media interested in covering this event should contact Maralee Cseller at 202-994-7564 or [email protected] or Kurtis Hiatt at 202-994-1849 or [email protected].
GW School of Media and Public Affairs
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs teaches how ideas and information are communicated through the media. The school combines liberal arts education with professional training, promoting a combination of theory and practice through its master’s and two undergraduate degree programs. The faculty comprises award-winning journalists and internationally recognized research scholars.
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