Gallatin School of Individualized Study 1 Washington Place, The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts March 10, 2020 | 2:00 – 8:15 pm

THE GALLATIN WRITING PROGRAM

Journalism under Pressure is a symposium that champions the vital work of contemporary US journalists and examines the various pressures journalism faces at this particular historical moment. What does journalism look like in a culture that has come to misunderstand or eschew objectivity? What are the implications of working as a journalist during a presidential administration that routinely refers to the press as an “enemy of the people?” In what ways have social media corporations influenced and even controlled the news cycle? How have the rhythms of the attention economy and the expectation to produce endless “sharable content” informed the work of journalists? How can institutions build better, more inclusive newsrooms? What are the possible responses to the economic and job security pressures faced by journalists JOURNALISM and publications alike? To take up these urgent questions, journalists working across a range of subjects, genres, and publications join in a series UNDER of panel discussions organized by Gallatin faculty PRESSURE members Sara Murphy and Amanda Petrusich. Gallatin School of Individualized Study 1 Washington Place | The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts

Alumni in Journalism 2:00 to 3:30 pm

Featuring Hazel Cills (BA ’16), Ryan Leas (BA ’13), Maria Sherman (BA ’13), and Brittany Spanos (BA ’14), moderated by current students Remie Arena (BA ’20) and Saransh Desai-Chowdhry (BA ’20)

Music and Culture Writing 4:00 to 5:15 pm

Featuring Michael Agger, Joe Coscarelli, Sam Sodomsky, and Brittany Spanos, moderated by Ben Ratliff

Reporting Identity 5:30 to 6:45 pm

Featuring Lauretta Charlton, Hazel Cills, Pier Dominguez, and Vanessa Grigoriadis, moderated by Kate Bolick

Political Journalism 7:00 to 8:15 pm

Featuring Nina Berman, David Dent, Johnny Dwyer, and Sarah Leonard, moderated by Lauren Walsh ALUMNI IN JOURNALISM MODERATED BY CURRENT STUDENTS 2:00 to 3:30 pm

Hazel Cills (BA ’16) Ryan Leas (BA ’13) Maria Sherman Brittany Spanos Remie Arena (BA ’20) Saransh Desai- is the pop culture reporter at is the Features Writer for Jezebel. Previously, she was a Stereogum and the author (BA ’13) (BA ’14) (Moderator) Chowdhry (BA ’20) music writer for MTV News and of the 33 1/3 about LCD is a music writer and culture is a Rolling Stone senior writer is a Gallatin senior pulling critic currently living in who reports on pop music and together journalism, literature, (Moderator) a founding writer of the teen Soundsystem’s Sound Of is a Gallatin senior Brooklyn, New York. She has teen culture. Since joining the and a minor in history, in a website Rookie. Her writing has Silver. He has also written concentrating in “Cultural worked as a senior writer at magazine in 2015, she has concentration she calls “Worlds appeared in the Los Angeles for publications including Entrepreneurship and Social Jezebel, managing editor at written cover stories on Cardi and Realities: An Examination Times, Pitchfork, ELLE, Pitchfork, Deadspin, GQ, Marketing” with a minor in Gizmodo Media Group, senior B and Janelle Monáe and has of World Building in Literature, NPR, The New York Times and Noisey. Originally from French Studies. A critical correspondent at Fuse TV, and covered everything from the Journalism, and History.” Magazine, and more. Pennsylvania, he now lives writer, creative marketer and contributor at BuzzFeed Music. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Remie is a managing editor in Brooklyn. (Photograph by classically-trained musician, Her work has appeared on NPR to TikTok. She has freelanced for the Gallatin Review, Head Daniel Topete.) he currently works at The and in Billboard, SPIN, Rolling for Rookie, Vulture, SPIN and Delegate of the NYU Model Orchard of Sony Music as a Stone, Entertainment Weekly more. In 2016, Spanos worked UN Travel Team, and an college and lifestyle marketing and many other publications. as a consultant for the MTV associate managing editor for representative. On campus, Her debut book, Larger VMAs. Her favorite genre of the NYU Journal of Politics and Saransh is an Admissions Than Life: A History of Boy music is boy band. (Photograph International Affairs. Ambassador and a member of Bands, NKOTB to BTS, will be by Philippe Rohdewald.) the Americas Scholars society published by Hachette imprint at Gallatin. Black Dog and Leventhal in summer 2020. MUSIC AND CULTURE

4:00WRITING to 5:15 PM

Michael Agger Joe Coscarelli Sam Sodomsky Brittany Spanos Ben Ratliff is a culture editor for The New is a culture reporter for The is a writer living in Brooklyn, Yorker’s Web site. Previously, New York Times with a focus New York. After growing up (BA ’14) (Moderator) is a Rolling Stone senior writer has written about pop, jazz, he was an editor and writer on pop music. Since joining in Pennsylvania, he attended who reports on pop music and traditional and experimental at Slate. He has spent a lot of the Times in late 2015, he Syracuse University and teen culture. Since joining the music for publications including time on the Internet. has aimed to pull back the received an MFA in nonfiction magazine in 2015, she has Granta, Slate, Artforum, Wire, curtain on how hit songs and writing at Columbia University. written cover stories on Cardi Rolling Stone, The Guardian, emerging artists are discovered, He is currently a staff writer B and Janelle Monáe and has and The New York Times, made and marketed, with a at Pitchfork and his work has covered everything from the where he worked as a music focus on craft and on colorful also appeared in publications, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame critic for twenty years. He is the personalities from Lil Yachty including Rolling Stone, The to TikTok. She has freelanced author of four books, including and Miley Cyrus to Kendrick Nation, and Uncut. Additionally, for Rookie, Vulture, SPIN and Every Song Ever (Penguin, Lamar and Billie Eilish. A he records and releases music more. In 2016, Spanos worked 2016) and Coltrane: The Story Florida native and a graduate under the name BCI and co- as a consultant for the MTV of a Sound (Picador, 2007) and of NYU, he previously worked hosts Welcome to Chicago, VMAs. Her favorite genre of is a Visiting Assistant Professor at New York and The Village a podcast dedicated to the music is boy band. (Photograph at NYU Gallatin. (Photograph Voice. He is currently working music of the 70’s rock band. by Philippe Rohdewald.) by Kate Fox Reynolds.) on a narrative nonfiction book (Photograph by Sam Williams.) about rap in Atlanta for Simon & Schuster. (Photograph courtesy of The New York Times.) REPORTING

5:30IDENTITY to 6:45 pm

Lauretta Charlton Hazel Cills (BA ’16) Pier Dominguez Vanessa Grigoriadis Kate Bolick is an editor on the National is the pop culture reporter at is the author of Blurred Lines: Desk of The New York Times Jezebel. Previously, she was a (BA ’05) Rethinking Sex, Power, and (Moderator) is a Culture Writer for New York Times best-selling and is the editor of the music writer for MTV News and Consent on Campus (Houghton BuzzFeed News. They received book, Spinster: Making a Life newsletter Race/Related. She a founding writer of the teen Mifflin Harcourt, 2017), a a PhD in American Studies from of One’s Own (Broadway Books, was previously a news editor website Rookie. Her writing has book that answers many of the Brown University. 2015), combines memoir, at The New Yorker and a appeared in the Los Angeles questions about sexual consent biography, history, and cultural music columnist at New York Times, Pitchfork, ELLE, currently in national debate. criticism to explore the lives of magazine. A California native, NPR, The New York Times She is a contributing writer at unmarried women in America. she attended school in the San Magazine, and more. The New York Times magazine Her work has appeared in The Francisco Bay Area and joined and Vanity Fair, specializing in Atlantic, Bookforum, The New The New York Times in 2018. pop culture, youth movements, York Times, and Vogue, among (Photograph by Liz Barclay.) and crime reporting. For other publications. She teaches “Karl Lagerfeld, Boy Prince at NYU Gallatin, the NYU of Fashion,” she won a 2007 Arthur L. Carter Journalism National Magazine Award in Institute, and Columbia’s profile writing. (Photograph by School of the Arts. (Photograph Max Farago.) by Willy Soma.) POLITICAL JOURNALISM 7:00 to 8:15 pm

Nina Berman David Dent Johnny Dwyer Sarah Leonard Lauren Walsh is a documentary is the author of In Search of is a reporter and the author of is an editor and journalist in photographer, filmmaker, Black America: Discovering New York. She is a contributing (Moderator) The Districts (Alfred A. Knopf, teaches at NYU, where she author, and educator. Her the African-American Dream editor to The Nation, where 2019) and American Warlord is the director of the Gallatin wide-ranging work looks at (Free Press, 2001) and is she was previously features (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015). He was Photojournalism Lab. She is American politics, militarism, an Associate Professor of editor, and editor-at-large at a staff writer at LIFE Magazine also the director of Lost Rolls post violence trauma, and Journalism and Social and Dissent. She was the founding where he reported domestic and America, a national public resistance. Her photographs Cultural Analysis at New York executive editor of The Appeal, international stories including archive of photography and and videos have been exhibited University. He contributes a publication focused on the war in Iraq and Hurricane memory. Walsh’s newest book, at more than 100 venues from regularly to Vice.com on criminal justice. She has written Katrina. He has also reported Conversations on Conflict the security walls at the Za’atari politics and has written for for a wide range of outlets, for The New York Times, The Photography (Bloomsbury, refugee camp to the Whitney many publications, including including The New York Times, Intercept, The Daily Beast, 2019), examines the value Museum of Art Biennial. Books The New York Times the Guardian, The Nation, Foreign Policy, ProPublica, of documenting war and include Purple Hearts – Back Magazine, PBS Newshour. Dissent, and Bookforum. Esquire, Rolling Stone, TIME, humanitarian crisis in the from Iraq, (2004), Homeland, com, Psychology Today, She is the co-editor of two and others. He is currently contemporary moment. She is (2008), and An Autobiography Fortune Small Business, GQ, collections, Occupy!: Scenes working on his third book. the editor of two other photo of Miss Wish (2017), which was Playboy, Essence, Vice, and from Occupied America, and (Photograph by Michael Lionstar.) books as well as a book of shortlisted for the Aperture The Washington Post. He and The Future We Want: Radical critical essays on visual culture. and Arles Book Prizes. She is his wife, Valerie, are founders Ideas for the New Century. Walsh is currently co-directing a professor at the Columbia of Write for the Future, an (Photograph by Andrew T. Biography of a Photo, a University Graduate School of organization committed to Warman.) documentary film about two Journalism, where she directs using the tools of journalism iconic images of conflict. the photography program. to help high school students improve their writing skills.