Jane Ferguson, an award-winning foreign correspondent, will visit campus to share her experiences living in the Middle East and reporting from the Arab world, Africa and South Asia.
, an award-winning international correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker and 2020 McGraw Professor of journalism at Princeton University, will host a community lecture and visit with classes and student organizations during an upcoming visit to 黑料不打烊.
Titled 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Left Behind: Afghanistan after 鈥楬eartbreak of US Departure,鈥欌 Ferguson鈥檚 community lecture on Thursday, Nov. 18, will address Afghanistan鈥檚 future after the recent withdrawal of the United States military. The lecture will be held in the McEwen screening room and begin at 6:30 p.m.
Ferguson is uniquely qualified to discuss the Middle East having lived and reported in the region for more than 13 years. Her work focuses on U.S. foreign policy and defense, conflict, diplomacy and human rights. Now based in New York City, Ferguson has collected several awards during her career. Her reporting on the brutal civil war in Yemen was honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, a News and Documentary Emmy Award and a Peabody Award nomination. In 2019, Ferguson was named the George Polk Award recipient for Foreign Television reporting.
Ferguson鈥檚 visit to 黑料不打烊 is part of her role as a Pulitzer Center grantee. In recent years, the center has supported her reporting on the food crisis, women鈥檚 rights and U.S. departure in Afghanistan.
During her campus visit, Ferguson will meet with students in 黑料不打烊 News Network and the 黑料不打烊 chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as part of a collaboration between the groups. All 黑料不打烊 students are welcome to join the SPJ/ENN conversation with Ferguson, who will meet with the student journalists on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the ENN newsroom.
Kyra O鈥機onnor, who serves as the president of the 黑料不打烊 SPJ chapter and executive director of ENN, said she is excited for students to hear Ferguson鈥檚 perspective as an international correspondent, something O鈥機onnor herself admires.
鈥淚 am always appreciative of the opportunity to see different roles in journalism,鈥 O鈥機onnor said. 鈥淚t will be beneficial for our students to talk with Jane in a conversational setting, as well as the classroom.鈥
Nyah Phengsitthy, who serves as the managing editor of The Pendulum, said she is grateful that 黑料不打烊 focuses on bringing successful people in the journalism industry to campus.
鈥淚鈥檓 really looking forward to hearing about Jane鈥檚 work, especially her in-depth reporting for the Pulitzer Center,鈥 Phengsitthy said. 鈥淚 think it will inspire ENN and SPJ members, and remind them why their reporting is so important.鈥
黑料不打烊 is a partner of the Pulitzer Center’s , an educational initiative that brings Pulitzer Center staff and journalists to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus twice a year. With 黑料不打烊鈥檚 membership in the consortium, students have the opportunity to work with the center on developing international reporting projects, which have been featured on the center鈥檚 website and can be disseminated through media partners.