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May 11, 2006
Student Journalism Conference
Media studies students in the DC area (including my former students) might be interested in this Journalism Conference sponsored by The Nation magazine:
One Last Notice: Time is running out to sign up for The Nation/Campus Progress Student Journalism Conference in Washington, DC on Friday, June 2. Student writers will have the opportunity to come together for a day of conversations, workshops, panels, and parties featuring numerous Nation editors and writers, including Katrina Vanden Heuvel, David Corn, John Nichols, Eric Alterman, Liza Featherstone, Laura Flanders, William Greider, Ari Berman, Victor Navasky, and many more.It looks like they've lined up some cool speakers for the conference. Eric Alterman's What Liberal Media? is an insightful book, and his blog is one of my daily reads, but all of the participants look interesting. Best of all, the conference is free.Click here for details and to apply. The conference is free of charge. A limited number of travel stipends are available. Both undergraduates and graduate students welcome. The application deadline is May 15.
Please pass this note on to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks for your help and don't forget to check out StudentNation for the latest info on student-related articles, events and resources.
Update: Speaking of Alterman, I just noticed his pointer to Marshall Berman's new book, On the Town : One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square, which looks like an interesting exploration of issues of urban and public space through the lens of Times Square. Also worth noting: Samantha Power's discussion of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
Posted by chuck at May 11, 2006 2:32 PM
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chuck, regarding berman's new book, there's an interesting review of it in the newest issue of the nation. the reviewer wanted to like it but ultimately didn't like it, noting that berman strayed too far from his topic. anyways, that book's on my radar too - if you happen to read it, please blog it! (as if you don't have enough stuff to do right now ...)
Posted by: david silver at May 12, 2006 6:12 PM
If I get a chance to read it, I'll do my best to blog it. But my summer promises to be a busy one with at least two essays, a book proposal, and (umm...) moving all looming on the horizon.
I remember reading an essay version of Berman's Times Square stuff a few years ago and being somewhat disappointed, but I'm still curious. I haven't gotten to The Nation review yet but will try to read it on the train tonight.
Posted by: Chuck at May 12, 2006 6:21 PM
Berman gave a seminar at my university four or five years ago and I had an interesting chat with him about Midnight Cowboy which is a novel that I presume must feature somewhere in this book. I'm glad it's finally appeared.
Posted by: Laura at May 15, 2006 7:40 AM
I think that a lot of the Times Square stuff has been brewing for a while. I think I read a piece he wrote in Dissent about Giuliani's New York that appeared well before September 11. But I'm curious to read it. Maybe I'll buy it as one last Metro read.
Posted by: Chuck at May 15, 2006 11:33 AM