Magazine Events:
The J-School hosts numerous public events of interest to students and the general public. The events listed below are of particular interest to students in our program. Use the "Events View" picklist below to see events associated with other programs. See also: J-School Events (full listing).
- Nov
- 10
- 2008
- QUESTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY
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A panel discussion with authors Frances Dinkelspiel and Lisa Klug
-- Isaias Hellman, a Bavarian Jewish immigrant and his impact on 20th century California.
--A field manual for the 21st century Jews and the people who love them.
Moderated by J School Senior Lecturer Joan
- Oct
- 29
- 2008
- The Pro-Am Future: Journalism, the Public and the Digital Age
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Please join Distinguished Regents' Lecturers Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, and Phil Bronstein, Editor-at-Large of the San Francisco Chronicle, as they discuss the future of journalism in a world in which professionals and citizens alike will play active and influential roles.
- Oct
- 27
- 2008
- At the Death House Door
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Screening of the film by Steve James and Peter Gilbert with the two award-winning journalists, Steve Mills and Maurice Possley, whose news coverage of the De Luna case inspired the making of the documentary.
- Oct
- 21
- 2008
- Feeding a Crisis: The Limits of Industrialized Food
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Paul Roberts, best-selling author of The End of Oil, discusses his most recent book The End of Food.
- Nov
- 13
- 2008
- Slouching Tiger, Crouching Crisis: Inequality, the Farm Crisis & the Media
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The Center for South Asian Studies presents a talk by Palagummi Sainath on the pressures on the rural poor & the role of the press.
- Oct
- 22
- 2008
- An Evening with Psychologist Paul Ekman
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Ekman--one of the world's foremost authorities on emotions and facial expressions, and a member of Greater Good magazine's editorial board--will present highlights from his groundbreaking conversations with the Dalai Lama on the roots of love, compassion, anger, and morality.
- Oct
- 02
- 2008
- "Asia & Beyond" China seminar
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This week we focus on China, as Linjun Fan ('09) & Shipeng Guo ('10)
discuss the heady mix of fun and politics that went into the Beijing
Olympics, and Liu Jianqiang (VS '08) talks about the new democracy
movement catalyzed by China's environmental crisis.
- Oct
- 02
- 2008
- The World Without Us
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Join Alan Weisman, best-selling author of "The World Without Us" for a lunch reading and discussion on his utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet.
- Oct
- 06
- 2008
- Covering Crisis
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New York Times reporter Matt Richtel moderates a panel discussion about news coverage of the financial crisis with David Leonardt of the Times, Bloomberg's Jeffrey Taylor, AP's Laura Impellizerri, the Chronicle's Carolyn Said, and J-School Senior Lecturer Susan Rasky.
- Oct
- 13
- 2008
- Submersion Journalism
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The Politics and Practice of Undercover Reporting. A panel discussion with Ted Conover, Roger Hodge, Michael Pollan, and Jake Silverstein
- Apr
- 22
- 2008
- A Special Report on The Future of Energy from Mother Jones
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Join us for a discussion on Mother Jones Magazine's current issue on the energy crisis. Meet with the editors and authors of this special report. We will also hear from them on the magazine's current direction and how to connect with the people involved.
- Mar
- 19
- 2008
- Race and Ethnicity in the 2008 Presidential Contest
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Join Boalt Law School Dean and civil rights expert Christopher Edley in conversation with his wife, Boalt lecturer and immigration policy expert Maria Echaveste, on how race, ethnicity and immigration are playing out in the presidential race.
- Mar
- 05
- 2008
- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. He'll be interviewed by Cynthia Gorney, an award-winning writer and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism professor.
- Nov
- 28
- 2007
- Asia Colloquium: Reporting across Boundaries, Views of Japan
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Chinese journalist and Berkeley Journalism student Wu Nan and Berkeley Anthropology doctoral candidate Maiko Morimoto discuss modern Japan, memory and the legacy of World War II. The presentation will include a slide show of present day Hiroshima.
- Nov
- 07
- 2007
- Asia Colloquium: Focus on Women, India and Mongolia
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Visiting Scholar and documentary filmmaker Vanaja C probes the hidden
world of women with AIDs in India; 2nd-year and Human Rights Center
fellow Oyundary (Daria) Tsagaan presents multi-media reporting on the
spread of domestic violence in Mongolia.
- Oct
- 31
- 2007
- Asia Colloquium: Photographers at Work in Tibet and Kashmir
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Photography slide shows and talks by visiting scholar Janqiang Liu, Portrait of Tibet, and photography instructor Mimi Chakarova, Seeing Kashmir.
- Nov
- 05
- 2007
- The Death of Environmentalism
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Michael Pollan talks to the authors of Break Through, a book about finding a better way to address the threat of global warming and about the larger failure of American liberalism to reinvent itself.
- Oct
- 17
- 2007
- Asia Colloquium: Filming India's Uncovered Stories
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Screening of "The Red Corridor" and discussion with filmmaker C Vanaja.
Described as the biggest internal threat to the country by India's Prime Minister, the Naxalite movement has spread over 16 out of 28 states.
- Oct
- 27
- 2007
- play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference
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The Berkeley Digital Media Conference presents:
current and emerging intersections
- Oct
- 24
- 2007
- QUEST: A Multimedia Screening and Discussion
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Paul Rogers, Managing Editor of QUEST and environmental reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, presents the new multi-platform series about Northern California's science and environment from local public broadcaster KQED. Knight Professor of Journalism Michael Pollan moderates.
- Oct
- 30
- 2007
- Food and Farming Film Series "King Corn"
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A preview of the new documentary about corn and America's food system, followed by a discussion with its filmmakers and journalism professor Michael Pollan.
- Oct
- 18
- 2007
- Food and Farming Film Series - Pollen Nation and Three Short Films
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A screening of four films about modern food systems, followed by a discussion with filmmakers Singeli Agnew '07, Josh Fischer '06 and others.
- Sep
- 29
- 2007
- East Meets West 2007
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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT (7/07). East Meets West brings together editors from top magazines and veteran journalists for an intimate, all-day conference at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Feb
- 15
- 2007
- Charlie LeDuff -- Reporter, Writer and Multimedia Master for the New York Times & Others
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As one of the first multimedia reporters for the New York Times, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism alumnus, Charles LeDuff, will discuss his new book, "U.S. Guys," and multimedia reporting in a rapidly changing media world.
- Feb
- 13
- 2007
- Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate
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Alicia Shepard will discuss her new book, "Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadown of Watergate." The book is the first full-length biography of the reporters who helped to unseat President Nixon.
- Feb
- 20-20
- 2007
- China's Media and the Environment
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Since founding the magazine in 1998, Hu Shuli has been the driving force behind Caijing magazine, China's most influential business journal. The publication is known for its aggressive pursuit of investigative reporting, especially its exposes on government corruption and corporate fraud in China
- Feb
- 27
- 2007
- The Past, Present, and Future of Food
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Whole Foods Market is the largest organic and natural retailer in the world. The co-founder and CEO of the company will offer a multimedia presentation of the past, present, and future of food. Mackey will then join Pollan in conversation, continuing in person the exchange of views the two have b
- Mar
- 21
- 2007
- Food Fight: A Teach-in On the 2007 Farm Bill
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Michael Pollan will moderate a panel discussion of the 2007 farm bill, now being debated, with guests Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill; George Naylor, Iowa corn farmer and president of the National Family Farms Coalition; Ann Cooper, Director of Nu
- Oct
- 05-26
- 2006
- Barry Lopez
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Famed nature writer Barry Lopez has been invited to give a talk entitled "Landscape and the American Language," discussing his latest project--a dictionary of American landscape terms. The book, Home Ground, is an attempt Lopez writes, "to gain a sense of allegiance with our chosen places."
- May
- 23-24
- 2006
- China - U.S. Climate Change Forum
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The China-U.S. Climate Change Forum is being organized by the Berkeley China Initiative, which is forging closer ties between U.C. Berkeley and China by bringing together key experts on important international and bilateral issues. Growing concern over climate change makes this topic an obvious c
- Sep
- 16
- 2006
- East Meets West 2006 (see the 2007 event page to register for the current event)
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Meet editors from magazines like The New Yorker and The Atlantic. Writers will learn the editors' views on long-form narrative, find out what they seek, and meet privately with an editor. Registration begins June 1 for ASJA members and alumni of the J-school. See also:
- May
- 23-15
- 2006
- Al Gore's Film: "An Inconvenient Truth"
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From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, An Inconvenient Truth, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is f
- May
- 03
- 2006
- Early Signs: Report from a Warming Planet
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How does global warming affect places like Bangladesh, New Zealand, Manitoba, Kiribati, Ecuador and Tanzania? Journalism students who set out around the world as part of an extensive year-long project will host an informal discussion and a multimedia presentation on this topic.
- May
- 03
- 2006
- Careers in Digital Journalism
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The Graduate School of Journalism and the Online News Association are hosting a noon-time discussion by top editors at leading new media companies about working at online news organizations and the new newsroom environment.
- Apr
- 24
- 2006
- What to Eat: Sensible Food Choices in this Era of Corporate and Scientific Confusion
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Marion Nestle Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Public Health and Journalism at UC Berkeley (Spring 2006) will discuss her new book and the links between nutrition, health, politics, and navigating a supermarket designed to confuse us and obscure the origins and nature of food.
- Apr
- 17-17
- 2006
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
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Knight Professor of Journalism Michael Pollan will discuss his new book, "Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," with Davia Nelson of NPR's The Kitchen Sisters.
- Mar
- 22
- 2006
- Playing with Food
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The penultimate lecture in visiting scholar Marion Nestle's Food Politics lecture series. Harold McGee, author (Food & Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen) will discuss "Playing with Food: Science and Action in the Kitchen."
- Apr
- 04
- 2006
- Katy McColl, JANE Magazine Writer and Editor
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McColl will discuss her experience in the New York magazine world and her new book that offers career and life-planning advice. Elizabeth Fishel, UC Berkeley Visiting Lecturer in Women's/Men's magazines and local author, will host the event.
- Apr
- 13
- 2006
- Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply
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Investigative journalist Katherine Eban discusses her new book, Dangerous Doses, a troubling tale of how stolen, counterfeit and contaminated medicine is turning up on the shelves of American hospitals and pharmacies.
- Mar
- 01-27
- 2006
- How Big Food Resists Government Regulation
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Michele Simon, Director of the Center for Informed Food Choices (www.informedeating.org) will be the guest lecturer for Marion Nestle's Food Politics Lecture Series. Her talk is entitled How Big Food Resists Government Regulation.
- Feb
- 25
- 2002
- Mark Danner: Ideas in U.S. Foreign Policy
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Professor Mark Danner discusses Ideas in U.S. Foreign Policy.
- Jan
- 28
- 2002
- The US and the Islamic World I: Saudi Arabia
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Professor Lowell Bergman discusses "The US and the Islamic World I: Saudi Arabia."
- Sep
- 26
- 2002
- Food and the Environment
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Conference: A number of distinguished panelists discuss issues related to food, nutrition, factory farming, and the environment.
- Sep
- 17
- 2002
- Weblogs: Challenging Mass Media and Society
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Panelists discuss the challenges and opportunities that the phenomenon of weblogging presents for journalism and society.
- Nov
- 18
- 2002
- Setting the Agenda: The New York Times and America's View of the World
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The New York Times and America's View of the World. A conversation with Arthur Sulzberger Jr. (publisher) and Howell Raines (executive editor) of the New York Times, and Dean Orville Schell and Professor Mark Danner from the Graduate School of Journalism.
- Jan
- 29
- 2003
- Debate: How Should We Use Our Power?
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The Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the J-School, hosts a debate between I.F. Stone Fellow Christopher Hitchens and J-School Professor Mark Danner on the topic of America's role in Iraq.
- Apr
- 03
- 2003
- Looking at America from Abroad
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A conversation with: Federico Rampini, Patrick Jarreau, Annette Levy-Willard, Olivia Schoeller, Godfrey Hodgson. Moderated by Orville Schell, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism.
- Mar
- 18
- 2003
- War, The Press & U.S. Power
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A conversation with Strobe Talbot, Mark Danner, Peter Tarnoff and Orville Schell.
- May
- 01
- 2003
- America In the Second Nuclear Age
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A conversation with Jonathan Schell, Frances FitzGerald, Michael Nacht, and Mark Danner. Introduced by Orville Schell.
- Sep
- 30
- 2003
- Helen Thomas - The Bush White House
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A conversation with Helen Thomas, Hearst newspaper columnist, United Press International and White House bureau chief for 57 years.
- Sep
- 09
- 2003
- Covering Infectious Disease
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A conference co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Journalism's Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism Training, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness.
- Sep
- 26
- 2003
- Paul Krugman: The War in Iraq and the American Economy
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Paul Krugman is a New York Times columnist and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Introduced by Orville Schell Dean, Graduate School of Journalism.
- Nov
- 04
- 2003
- Has Bush Made Us Safer?
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Debate: Christopher Hitchens vs. Mark Danner. Introduced by Robert M. Berdahl, moderated by Orville Schell Dean.
- Mar
- 04
- 2004
- Life Beyond Genes: The Trouble With Genetic Engineering
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A talk by Craig Holdrege, Biologist, Director of The Nature Institute, and Author of "Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context"
- Nov
- 24
- 2003
- Fast Food World
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A panel discussion with Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Vandana Shiva. Introduced by Alice Waters, moderated by Orville Schell.
- Oct
- 12
- 2004
- Bush Science
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A panel discussion on the science policies of the Bush administration featuring David Baltimore, Kurt Gottfried, Bruce Buckheit, David Guston and Andrew Eller. Moderated by Michael Pollan. This event was webcast live.
- Sep
- 28
- 2004
- Humanity 2.0: Will Your Grandchildren Be Genetically Modified?
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A conversation with Bill McKibben, Author of "Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age" and Dr. Marcy Darnovsky, Associate Director, Center for Genetics and Society. Moderated by Michael Pollan, Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
- Oct
- 26
- 2004
- Global Climate Change: What Are The Facts?
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Presentation on global warming and the environment by Former Vice President Al Gore, followed by a conversation with Orville Schell, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism.
- Apr
- 20
- 2004
- Journalism Without a Net: The Freelance Life
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Robert Sullivan is a freelance writer who contributes to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Vogue. His new book is "Rats: Observations and Habitats of the Citys Most Unwanted Inhabitants"
- Apr
- 29
- 2004
- Living With The Genie
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A panel discussion with Denise Caruso, Ray Kurzweil (by videoconference), Howard Rheingold, Richard Rhodes, and Mark Schapiro. Moderated by Christina Desser. Introduced by Michael Pollan.
- Apr
- 27
- 2004
- Biotech & Nanotech - Remaking Nature in the Image of Technology
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Andrew Kimbrell is the executive director of the Center for Food Safety. A public-interest lawyer and writer based in Washington, D.C., he is the author of "The Human Body Shop" and "Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture."
- Mar
- 04
- 2004
- Life Beyond Genes
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A talk by Craig Holdrege, Biologist, Director of The Nature Institute, and "Author of Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context."
- Mar
- 31
- 2004
- Risk Analysis or the Precautionary Principle?
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Carolyn Raffensperger is a lawyer and environmentalist and the founding executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. She has been instrumental in introducing the precautionary principle, which was adopted by the city of San Francisco last year.
- Sep
- 29
- 2003
- Infectious Disease Conference
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This week, the UC Berkeley School of Journalism hosts a series of seminars on infectious disease for public health reporters. See full conference listing for webcasts and more information.
- Oct
- 15
- 2003
- The Future of Food, Farming and the Wild
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A conversation with Fred Kirschenmann, farmer and director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; Daniel Imhoff, author of Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches; and Michael Pollan, author and Knight Professor at the Journalism School.
- Oct
- 29
- 2003
- The High Price of Cheap Food
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The Discover Cal lecture series brings J-School Prof. Michael Pollan to Southern California this month to share the lessons learned by following foods like beef cows and organic TV dinners through the food chain.
- Nov
- 04
- 2003
- The Science of Medicine Comes of Age
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Lisa Sanders, internist on the faculty of Yale University School of Medicine and author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column, "Diagnosis," will discuss how the evolution of the field of medicine has resulted in "competing truths"
- Nov
- 19
- 2003
- The Politics of Obesity
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Panelists: Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies and public health, New York University; Joan Dye Gussow, professor emeritus of nutrition education at Columbia University; Kelly Brownell, psychology professor and director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders.
- Nov
- 24
- 2003
- Fast Food World
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Food has emerged as the flashpoint in the ongoing debate over globalization. All of us face a fateful decision: do we want to move toward a single global marketplace for food? What would doing so mean for food security? For our diets? Our cultures? The environment? Experts debate the issue.
- Jan
- 08
- 2004
- The Lawless Sea
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An advance screening and reception for "The Lawless Sea," a CIR and FRONTLINE/
World investigation into one of the world's worst oil spills and the international
maritime system that shields those responsible.
- Dec
- 10
- 2003
- Pulse of Scientific Freedom
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Arpad Pusztai, John Losey, Tyrone Hayes, and Ignacio Chapela in a public conversation. Introduced by Michael Pollan and moderated by Mark Dowie.