Poynter Fellowship

The Poynter Fellowship plays a unique role in the educational life of Yale University. Nelson Poynter (Yale, M.A. 1927) established the program to enable Yale to bring to its campus distinguished reporters, editors and others who have made important contributions to the media. By sponsoring symposia and conferences on issues of broad public concern and by bringing to the university some of the most outstanding journalists from the United States and abroad, the Poynter Fellowship has helped Yale students and faculty gain special insight into the media and its role in contemporary culture.

Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

All events are free and open to the public.

	Farai Chideya January 25 Details TBD	Related Links: Biography »
	Bob Merry President & Editor-in-Chief, Congressional Quarterly, Inc. February 18 3:30 p.m. "Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and the Underlying Conflict of American Politics" Master’s Tea Saybrook College 90 High St. 5:00 p.m. Lecture HGS, Room 211 320 York St.	Related Links: Biography »
	John Tierney Science Columnist, New York Times April 7 4:30 p.m. Master’s Tea Calhoun College 434 College St.	Related Links: Biography »
	Robert Krulwich Co-Host, NPR Radio Lab and Correspondent, NPR Science Unit April Details TBD	Related Links: Biography »

Past Events

	Sharon Begley Newsweek Senior Editor November 12 4:00 p.m. "Science Journalism in an Irrational World" Whitney Humanities Center 53 Wall St., Room 208	Related Links: Biography »
	Soledad O'Brien CNN Anchor & Special Correspondent November 10 5:30 p.m. "Diversity in the Media: Behind the Scenes and In Our Lives" Yale Law School Levinson Auditorium 127 Wall St. Watch the lecture Related Audio: Professor Jonathan Holloway interviews Soledad O'Brien	Related Links: Biography »
	Jack Hitt Contributing Writer for New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine and This American Life October 22 4:00 p.m. "The Great Mainstream Media Going Out of Business Sale! Everything Must Go! (Or, maybe not)" Master’s Tea Pierson College 231 Park St.	Related Links: Biography »
	Scott Kraft Los Angeles Times Senior Editor & Roving Correspondent October 12 4:00 p.m. "A Reporter's Notebook: Dispatches from Africa to America" Master’s Tea Silliman College 71 Wall St.	Related Links: Biography »
	Leslie Cockburn (MC '74) Producer and Director, "American Casino" September 30 4:00 p.m. Film Studies Coffee with Leslie Cockburn and Andrew Cockburn (Co-producer) Whitney Humanities Center, Rm. 208 53 Wall St. 6:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. Screening of "American Casino" (2009) Whitney Humanities Center, Rm. 208 8:10 p.m. Q & A with the filmmakers after first screening	Related Links: Biography »
	Tom Brokaw NBC News Special Correspondent September 22 5:00 p.m. "The Future of Journalism" Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium 53 Wall St. Watch the lecture	Related Links: Biography »
	Melissa Fay Greene Award-winning Journalist & Author Master’s Tea Thursday, April 30 4:00 PM Saybrook College All Our Kin Conference Friday, May 1 Roundtable: “Short-Form Narrative Non-Fiction: Writing & Publishing ” 12:30 PM Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102 63 High St. Roundtable participation is limited to 15 students. Keynote 4:00 PM Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102 63 High St. For more information about the conference and to register for the roundtable, please go to: http://www.yale.edu/amstud/aok	Related Links: Biography »
	Mahesh Rangarajan Professor of History, Delhi University Title of Talk A Long Revolution? Indian Politics in Transition, 1989-2009 Wednesday, April 29 4:30 PM The MacMillan Center Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave.	Related Links: Biography »
	Evan Osnos Staff Writer The New Yorker Title of Talk China in the Age of Obama: Democracy, Identity and Style Monday, April 27 4:00 PM The MacMillan Center Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Co-sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies	Related Links: Biography »
	Lionel Barber Editor Financial Times Title of Talk Did financial journalists miss the financial crisis? Tuesday, April 21 5:00 PM Luce Hall Auditorium 34 Hillhouse Ave.	Related Links: Biography »
	Amy Harmon Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist New York Times Title of Talk The DNA Age: Telling Science Stories About Ourselves Monday, April 13 4 PM Steinbach Hall 52 Hillhouse Ave.	Related Links: Biography »
	Lee Hotz Science Columnist Wall Street Journal Title of Talk Balance as Bias: Science Journalism in a Partisan Era Tuesday, April 7 4:00 PM General Motors Room Horchow Hall 55 Hillhouse Ave.	Related Links: Biography »
	Simon Reynolds Music Critic Author of Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 Master’s Tea Tuesday, April 7 4:00 PM Davenport College 248 York St. Public Lecture Wednesday, April 8 1:00 PM, Phelps 207 344 College St. http://www.simonreynolds.net	Related Links: Biography »
	Anh Do Vice President, Nguoi Viet Daily News Master's Tea Chasing News Across Culture and Generations Thursday, April 2 4:00 PM Davenport College 271 Park St.	Related Links: Biography »
	Harish Damodaran Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu, New Delhi, India Title of Talk Cast(e) in Capital: the Changing Ethnic Profile of India’s Business Class Wednesday, April 1 4:30 PM The MacMillan Center Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave.	Related Links: Biography »
	Bai Yansong China Central Television (CCTV) Title of Talk American Dream – Chinese Dream: The Future of U.S./China Relations Under the Obama Administration Tuesday, March 31 4:00 PM Luce Auditorium 34 Hillhouse Ave. This talk will be in Mandarin Chinese with English consecutive translation.	Related Links: Biography »
	Ira Glass Radio Host & Producer This American Life Radio Stories and Other Stories Annual Gary G. Fryer Memorial Lecture Tuesday, March 24 5:00 PM Levinson Auditorium Yale Law School 127 Wall St. more info Media interested in attending this event must register in advance by March 17 via email to kianti.roman@yale.edu.	Related Links: Biography » This American Life Listen to Favorite Episodes
	Dinesh Sharma Science Editor, Mail Today, New Delhi, India Title of Talk Indian Outsourcing Industry: Exploring Early Origins and Growth Wednesday, February 25 4:30 PM The MacMillan Center Room 203, 34 Hillhouse	Related Links: Biography » Articles: Quantum Leap Campus with a Touch of Harry Potter
	J. Peter Scoblic Executive Editor The New Republic Title of Talk Ideas Have Consequences: Conservatism and Foreign Policy after Bush Master’s Tea Thursday, February 19 Time: 4:00 PM Calhoun College, 100 Tower Parkway	Related Links: Biography »
	Siddharth Varadarajan Strategic Affairs Editor The Hindu Public Lecture Tuesday, February 17 4:30 PM Watch the lecture » Master’s Tea A Discussion with Siddharth Varadarajan Thursday, February 19 4:00 PM Silliman College 71 Wall Street	Related Links: Biography »
	Joe Kane Award-Winning Journalist Title of Talk A Talk with Joe Kane, author of the book Savages Master’s Tea Wednesday, February 4 Time: 4:00 PM Ezra Stiles College Master’s House 9 Tower Parkway	Related Links: Biography »
	Ira Flatow Host and Executive Producer Talk of the Nation: Science Friday National Public Radio (NPR) Title of Talk Talking Science In a Science-Challenged World Tuesday, February 10 4:00 PM Watch the lecture »	Related Links: Biography »
	Elizabeth Kolbert Staff Writer, New Yorker Author, Field Notes from a Catastrophe Wednesday, February 4 Master’s Tea – 4:00 PM A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert Branford College Master’s House 80 High Street Lecture – 6:00 PM Conveying Catastrophe: Science, Journalism, and Climate Change Kroon Hall Burke Auditorium 195 Prospect Street Co-sponsored by Environment 360.	Related Links: Biography »
	Brent Staples Editorial Board Member The New York Times Title of Talk Neither White Nor Black: The Secret History of Mixed-Race America Master’s Tea Thursday, January 22 Time: 4:00m PM Ezra Stiles College Master’s House 9 Tower Parkway	Related Links: Biography » Articles: Editorial Observer; Decoding the Debate Over the Blackness of Barack Obama Editorial Observer: Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race

Kenneth Chang
New York Times

Title of Talk
All the News That's Fit to Web: Working at a Newspaper in the Post-Paper Age

Master’s Tea
Wednesday, November 19
4:00 PM
Pierson College
Master’s House
231 Park Street

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Biography »

Rob Gifford
NPR London

Title of Talk
Is China As Strong As it Seems?

Speaking
Wednesday, November 12
4:30 PM
General Motors Room
Horchow Hall
55 Hillhouse Avenue

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Biography »

YDN interview »

Andew Revkin
Environment Reporter, New York Times

Master’s Tea
Wednesday, November 12
4:00 PM
Branford College,
80 High Street

Title of Talk
The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming: From the North Pole to the White House
Hosted by Yale Environment 360

Speaking
Wednesday, November 12
6:00 PM
Sage Hall, Bowers Auditorium,
205 Prospect

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Biography »

Poynter Fellows generally visit the campus for periods of one to two days, often staying in Yale's residential colleges' guest suites. The emphasis of each visit is to exchange ideas with students and faculty in a relaxed environment: over meals, a seminar table, or a Master's Tea. One session is usually open to the entire Yale community and the public. Other discussions are reserved for specific classes, departments, and invited groups of undergraduates, graduate students and professors.

The Poynter Fellowship has sponsored visits by reporters, editors and professionals from all print and broadcast media as well as documentary filmmakers; communications experts and media critics. While the majority of Poynter Fellows have come from the United States, the program has also sponsored visits by journalists from overseas and plans to increase the number of international Fellows.

Since 1971, the Poynter Fellowship has also sponsored conferences and symposiums on a wide range of topics. Poynter conferences usually bring several distinguished journalists to Yale at one time; to participate in joint sessions with the other invitees and also to meet with small groups of students and faculty.

As educators throughout their stay on campus, Poynter Fellows have led classroom discussions in political science, American studies, sociology, economics, English, history and other fields. They have aided faculty, graduate students and undergraduates with research projects in their particular fields of expertise. Selected Poynter Fellows have also been asked to join the Yale faculty for a term to conduct a formal, accredited course on a subject not covered in the Yale curriculum.

The Poynter Fellowship's Advisory Committee currently is comprised of:

Thomas Mattia, Chair, Poynter Fellowship in Journalism; Chief Communications Officer & Special Assistant to the President, Yale University
Elizabeth Alexander, Professor and Chair of African American Studies; Professor of American Studies and English
Nayan Chanda, Director of Publications for the Center for the Study of Globalization
Amy Chua, Professor of Law at the Yale Law School
Jacob Hacker, Professor of Political Science
Julie Newman, Director, Office of Sustainability; Lecturer in Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Fred Strebeigh, Lecturer in English and at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Kianti Roman, Associate Director, Poynter Fellowship in Journalism

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