Stephen Zunes, April 2014 Stephen Zunes is a prolific writer and one of the country's leading scholars of both U.S. Middle East policy and strategic nonviolent action. He is a professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, where he...
Events
Speaker Series: Robert W. McChesney
Robert W. McChesney, October 2013 Robert W. McChesney is an expert on the political economy of communication, media policy, and 20th- and 21st-century media history. Robert W. McChesney, prolific author, media policy expert, and the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the...
Speaker Series: Juan Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez, February 2013 PCIM welcomed Juan Gonzalez to speak on the subject of his most recent book, "News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race in U.S. Media." It took eight years for producers to make the film based on Juan Gonzalez's 2001 book Harvest of...
Speaker Series: Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose Antonio Vargas, December 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas discussed immigration and his New York Times Magazine essay: "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant." In a public lecture and smaller early evening Q&A session, Pulitzer Prize winner Jose...
Speaker Series: Susan Faludi
Susan Faludi, September 2011 Susan Faludi's lecture was titled "9/11: Myth, Media and Gender," inspired by her book "The Terror Dream: Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America." In a public lecture and a Q&A session with Park Scholars and other students who’d...
Speaker Series: Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, October 2010 One of the most important whistle-blowers, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg discussed the importance of independent, skeptical media and whistle-blowing. One of the most important whistle-blowers in history, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg appeared on campus on...
Speaker Series: Dan Perkins
"Tom Tomorrow," September 2010 In a change-of-pace from print-journalist speakers, Dan Perkins offered a visual presentation tracing his career and evolution as an alt cartoonist. In a change-of-pace from print-journalist speakers, Dan Perkins offered a visual...
Speaker Series: Laura Flanders and Josh Silver
Laura Flanders and Josh Silver, March 2010 Flanders is the host of the daily GRITtv show. Silver is the co-founder and director of the preeminent media reform group Free Press. In a dynamic joint presentation, journalist Laura Flanders and media policy expert Josh...
Speaker Series: Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein, April 2010 Klein, a pioneer in independent coverage of the global economy and corporate power, is a contributing editor for Harper's. Naomi Klein conducted a public lecture to a packed Emerson Suites and Q&A session with Park Scholars and other...
Izzy Awards 2010
The 2010 Izzy Awards honored Jeremy Scahill. The Izzy Award recognizes “special achievement in independent media." View the official program here: 2010IzzyProgram JEREMY SCAHILL - Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most...