Categories: OLD Media Moves

The business press and the fractured economy

Columbia University is hosting a one-day conference next month on issues facing business journalism in the current economy.

The conference will be held Tuesday, April 6, at the School of International and Public Affairs.

The event will bring together top journalists, scholars, and activists for a day of dynamic public discussion about the role of the media in covering the ongoing financial crisis.

Speakers will include Chrystia Freeland of Reuters, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post, Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times and many others.

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, click here.

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