Events

Is the Cold War Over? Russia and US media from Perestroika to the 2012 Elections

Two-day conference on the current state of the media sector in Russia, its recent history, and its future prospects.

The conference will run Tuesday, March 20th (10 AM - 6 PM) and Wednesday, March 21st (11 AM - 6:30 PM)

TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH

10:00 AM -10:05 AM WELCOMING REMARKS
Timothy Frye, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

10:05AM - 12:00PM HOW DO WE SEE EACH OTHER TODAY?
Ann Cooper, Journalism School, Columbia University
Jill Dougherty, CNN
Nina Khrushcheva, New School Moderator: Timothy Frye, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

1:00PM - 2:45PM AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
Stephen Cohen, New York University/Princeton University
Beth Knobel, Fordham University
Alexander Genis, Author
Moderator: Anya Schiffrin, SIPA, Columbia University

3:00PM - 5:00PM THE PERILS AND LEGACIES OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Nina Ognianova, Committee to Protect Journalists
Luke Harding, The Guardian
Oleg Kashin, Kommersant
Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma

5:00PM - 6:00PM THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE RUNET:
THE STRANGE WAYS OF THE RUSSIAN INTERNET
Keynote Address by Misha Glenny, Columbia University

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST

9:30AM - 11:00AM COVERING THE COLD WAR
Rose Brady, Journalist
Jonathan Sanders, Stony Brook University
Tom Kent, AP & Columbia University
Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Barnard College, Columbia

11:15AM - 12:45PM COVERING DISSENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University
Clifford J. Levy, The New York Times
Nadira Isayeva, Chernovik & Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Moderator: Eamon Kircher-Allen, Columbia University

2:00PM - 4:00PM THE NEW DECEMBRISTS: DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Gregory Shvedov, Caucasian Knot
Tonia Samsonova, Ekho Moskvy & Slon.ru
Alessandra Stanley, The New York Times
Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Barnard College, Columbia

4:15PM-5:15PM FROM PERESTROIKA TO PUTIN'S RUSSIA: A JOURNALIST'S PERSPECTIVE
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, interviews
Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Russian Union of Journalists