School of Communication at Northwestern University :: International Media Seminar

Schedule of Previous Years:

The International Media Seminar curriculum changes slightly from year to year. Schedules from previous years will give you an idea of what you might expect if you attend the seminar in March of 2008.

2006

Sunday March 19

3:00 PM. *(Optional event.) Boat Trip on the Seine.

6:30 PM *Reception and overview of the program at the home of Connie Borde, author, and Dominique Borde, lawyer. Welcome and program overview. Lee Huebner, Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism, Northwestern University. With Waddick Doyle, Professor and Chairman, Department of International Communications, American University of Paris. “Why French Media are Different.”

Monday March 20 - American University of Paris.

9:30 - 11:00 AM "The Growth of Business and Financial News in Europe: Bloomberg and the International Herald Tribune." Ann Swardson, Director of the IHT project at the Bloomberg News Service. Former Paris Bureau Chief, The Washington Post.

11:00 - 12:30 PM "Three Continents, Two Careers, One Couple, Two Kids, No Dogs." Ann and Don Morrison, Contributors, Time Magazine and formerly co-editors of Time Magazine Europe; Ann Morrison: former Editor of Asiaweek Magazine in Hong Kong, Executive Editor of Fortune Magazine in New York. Don Morrison: former Executive Editor of Time Magazine Asia, Assistant Managing Editor of Time Magazine in New York.

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch at AUP with Madeline Ziegler, Paris television producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "What it's like to cover the world of fashion in Paris!"

AFTERNOON: FREE TIME

7:00 PM *Buffet dinner at the home of Lee and Berna Huebner, Remarks by Alan Furst, a leading American writer, and “master of the historical spy novel,” whose works are set in Europe of the 1930’s & 1940’s.

Tuesday March 21

9:00 - 10:30 AM "Reporting from the Frontlines: Iraq and Elsewhere" Vivienne Walt, international correspondent, Time Magazine

10:45 - 12:00PM "New Media Challenges in a Global Age.." Alan Riding, The New York Times, Chief European Cultural Correspondent

12:00 - 1:00 PM PM "Diplomacy and the European Media." Press Briefing by Lynne Platt , Chief Press attache, American Embassy in Paris.

AFTERNOON: FREE TIME

5:00 - 6:30PM ""French-American and Transatlantic Relations." Guillaume Parmentier, Director of the French Center on the United States, Institute of French International Relations.

Wednesday March 22

9:00 - 10:00 AM "The Media Scene in Russia and Eastern Europe." with Celestine Bohlen, Diplomatic Correspondent, Bloomberg News. Long-time foreign correspondent in Moscow.with the New York Times and the Washington Post.

10:00 – 11:30 PM “New Challenges and Old Values--21st Century News ” Geraldine Baum, Staff writer for the Los Angeles Times for 17 years (and Medill graduate); and Michael Oreskes, Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune. Former Washington Bureau Chief and Metropolitan Editor (among other roles) at the New York Times.

11:30—12:15 PM Lunch at AUP. With comments on "An African Media Outlook.” Diana Kasyoka and Asenath Okoth. Journalists at the Nation Media Group, Nairobi, Kenya.

12:15 - 1:15 PM "Trans-Atlantic Perspectives: How Will American Relate to the New Europe?" William Pfaff. World affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune and the Tribune World Service.

3:00- 4:30 PM Visit to France Television Studio for a tour and presentation in English.

LATE AFTERNOON: FREE TIME

6:00 - 7:30 PM: “Head Scarves, Car Fires, and the Murder of Ilan Halimi: An American Perspective on Islam, Anti-Semitism, and the Lure of Xenophobia in France.” A public lecture by Jim Gaines, former corporate editor of Time Inc. and chief editor of Time, Life, and People magazines. Now an author living with his family in Paris, his next book uses the friendship of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette to explore the dynamic between the American and French Revolutions.

Thursday, March 23

9:00 - 10:00 AM " The New Electronic Media and Cross-Platform Programming." Eileen Bastianelli, Managing Director, CarpeDiem Creation, a French media company. Veteran producer and agent in the entertainment industries in Europe.

11:00 - 12:30 PM *Visit to Libération, a leading French daily newspaper located in a unique building, where you will meet with François Sergent, former foreign correspondent in London and in the US, and long-time International Editor. "A Close Up Look at a Leading French Daily."

EARLY AFTERNOON: FREE TIME

4:30- 6:00 PM "Searching Images: Six Decades of Front-line Photojournalism." John Morris, former head of Magnum and other photo agencies, former photo editor for Life Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other publications.

Friday, March 24

10:00 - 11:30 AM "Confessions of a Lifelong International Marketer." Peter Barnet, Professor, American University of Paris, Former Executive Vice President for International Advertising at Young and Rubicam, Lintas and other global advertising agencies.

11:30 - 12:30 PM David Lawday, Author/journalist whom has had a distinguished career as a correspondent for the Economist in the US and Europe: "Why the world is more affected by the French Revolution than the American one that came just before."

3.00 - 4:00 PM *"The World's First Global Newspaper." At the International Herald Tribune (IHT).A talk and a tour, with Anne Bagamery, Senior editor.

Evening: Optional cabaret dinner and show in Montmartre.

Saturday, March 25

Optional bus trip and guided tour at Versailles.

2005

Sunday March 20

6:30 PM: Reception and overview of the program at the home of Ambassador Connie Morella and Mr. Tony Morella, U.S. Ambassador to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development), with a talk by our hosts.

Monday March 21

9:30 – 10:30 AM: “Reporting from the Frontlines: Iraq and Elsewhere” Vivienne Walt, international correspondent, Time Magazine

11:00 - 12:30 PM: “The New Europe: The Cultural Dimension.” Alan Riding, The New York Times, Chief European Cultural Correspondent

12.30 – 1.00 PM: Lunch at AUP

1:00 - 2:30 PM: “Three Continents, Two Careers, One Couple, Two Kids, No Dogs.” Ann and Don Morrison, Contributors, Time Magazine. Formerly co-editors of Time Magazine Europe; Ann Morrison: Editor, Asiaweek Magazine Hong Kong, Executive Editor, Fortune Magazine, New York; Don Morrison: Co-Editor, Time Magazine Europe, Executive Editor, Time Magazine. Asia, Assistant Managing Editor, Time Magazine, New York.

2:30 - 4:00 PM: “Food as a Metaphor for French Culture.” Harriet Welty Rochefort,, Journalist and author of French Toast and French Fried, both very popular books about cultural differences.

Tuesday March 22

9 – 10:00 AM: “International Business and the Media.” John Carreyrou, Deputy Editor, The Wall Street Journal, Europe; and Washington Akumu, Business Editor, The Nation newspaper, Nairobi, Kenya.

10:00 - 11:30 AM: "Trans-Atlantic Perspectives” William Pfaff. Paris-based world affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune and the Tribune World Service (formerly the LA Times Syndicate).

11:30 - 12:30 PM: "Diplomacy and the European Media." Press Briefing by Lynne Platt , Chief Press and Information Officer at the US Embassy in Paris

12:30 - 1:30 PM: “Television and Global Cultures.” With two TV correspondents: Madeleine Czigler, Canadian Broadcasting Company and Sarah Kimani, Nation TV, Nairobi , Kenya.

1:30 - 2:30 PM: “Informed, Irreverent and Unblinking,” Pat Thompson, Managing Producer, the Paris Bureau Productions, and Jim Bittermann, Senior Correspondent, CNN International.

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5:00 - 6:00PM: “France Looks at the World and the World Looks at France.” Guillaume Parmentier, Director of the French Center on the United States, Institute of French International Relations.

Wednesday March 23

10:30 - 12:30 PM: "The World's First Global Newspaper.” At the International Herald Tribune (IHT). Diana Horowitz, Marketing Executive and Katrin Bennhold, Staff writer.

4:30 - 5:30: “The French Political and Social Scene.” Pascale Richard, Paris journalist and frequent contributor to Le Monde and Madame Figaro. Specialist in Franco-American issues.

5:30 - 7:00 PM: "Searching Images: Six Decades of Front-line Photojournalism.” John Morris, former head of Magnum and other photo agencies, former photo editor for Life Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other publications.

7:45 - 9:00 PM: Hubert Vedrine: French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1997-2002. (in French with English translation. Questions in English).“The Changing Global Power Structure.” As Secretary General of the President’s Office from 1991 to 1995, Mr. Vedrine was a close adviser to President Mitterrand before becoming Foreign Minister under President Chirac. He worked closely with President Clinton in organizing the conference in France which led to the end of the Kosovo War, but also wrote a popular and influential book warning of the danger of the US becoming a “hyper-power.”

Thursday, March 24

9 – 10:00 AM: “New International Media Opportunities.” Eileen Bastianelli, founding President of Milestone Media.

11:00 - 12:30 PM: Visit to Libération, a leading French daily newspaper/or French TV as designated/ located in a unique building, where you will meet with François Sergent, former foreign correspondent in London and in the US, and long-time International Editor. "A Close Up Look at a Leading French Daily."

1 - 2:00 PM: “Reporting from the World Hotspots: Iraq, Asia and Africa,” Keith Richburg, Paris Bureau Chief , the Washington Post.

5:00 - 6:00 PM: Visit to France Television/or Liberation as designated/ Studio for a tour and presentation in English.

7:00 PM: Buffet dinner at the home of Lee and Berna Huebner. US Representative Ellen Tauscher, a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Group will share a few words. Faisal Al Salem, Delegue Permanent of the State of Kuwait to UNESCO will also speak briefly about the the Middle East.

Friday, March 25

10:00 - 11:00 AM: “Confessions of a Lifelong International Marketer.” Peter Barnet, Professor, American University of Paris, Former Executive Vice President for International Advertising at Young and Rubicam and other global advertising agencies.

11:00 – 12:00 AM: “The Changing Face of the BBC.” Amy Moser, Internal Communications Partner.

12:00 - 1:00 PM: “Media Freedom in France.” Waddick Doyle, Professor and Chairman, Department of International Communications, AUP.

2:00 – 3.00 PM: “The Evolution of French Media.” Laurent Martin. Historian, (“agrégé and docteur”), "chercheur-associé” for IMEC (Institut Mémoires de l'Edition contemporaine. Professor and Author of a recent book on the satirical French weekly publication, Le Canard Enchainé. “Media Freedom in France.”

Comparing the 2005 schedule to the 2004 schedule (below) shows elements both of continuity and change in the IMS program.

2004

Sunday March 21
*Reception at the home of Pat Thompson, Independent Documentary Producer and Jim Bittermann, Senior European CNN Correspondent, with a talk by our hosts: "Informed, Irreverent and Unblinking."

Monday March 22
“The Business Side of the News and the News About International Business.” Ann Swardson, Managing Editor, Bloomberg News--France, formerly chief of The Washington Post Paris Bureau.

Why It’s Hard To Get The Truth Across.” Barry Lando, former Sixty Minutes European producer and investigative reporter.

"Searching Images: Six Decades of Front-line Photojournalism.” John Morris, former photo editor for the New York Times, Washington Post, Life Magazine, the Magnum Agency and others.

*Visit to France II & III Television Studios for a tour and presentation . Meet Karina Chabour in the lobby.,

"What is News and What is a Journalist? A European Perspective.” Barry James, Professor at AUP, Agence France Presse (AFP) (journalist) and former Senior Correspondent at The International Herald Tribune.

Tuesday March 23
David Ignatius. Senior Correspondent and Columnist at the Washington Post. Former Executive Editor of the International Herald Tribune. Mr. Ignatius will talk in part about his recent experiences covering the Middle East and the Iraq War.

"Covering the New Europe: the Cultural Dimension." Alan Riding, New York Times, Chief European Cultural Correspondent.

*Visit to the OECD Headquarters. The visit includes a short film and talks by Benjamin Chang, Executive Assistant to the US Ambassador to th3e leading international organization and Meggan Dissly, Principal OECD Administrator for Public Affairs and Communications.

"How the World’s First Global Newspaper Serves a Globalizing World." International Herald Tribune.Diana Horowitz, Sr. Marketing Executive and Larry Prolix, Editorial Staff, formerly Washington Post Health Editor.

Wednesday March 24
"What Is It Like to be an International Journalist?" Panel including: Diane Seligshon, Radio France International, specialist on Africa; Brett Kline, France 2 TV; Joanne Dandres, Longtime Radio Host in Qatar.

"American Journalism: European Perspectives." William Pfaff. Paris-based world affairs columnist ,International Herald Tribune and the Tribune World Service .

"Diplomacy and the European Media." Briefing by Len Korycki, Chief Press and Information Officer at the US Embassy in Paris.

“France Looks at the World and the World Looks at France.” Guillaume Parmentier, Director of the French Center on the United States, Institute of French International Relations.

Thursday, March 25
*Visit to Libération, "A Close Up Look at a Leading French Daily." Tour of a unique building, meeting with François Sergent, former foreign correspondent in London for Liberation and in the US, and long-time English Language Editor.

“New Technologies and New Media Opportunities.” Eileen Bastianelli,founding President of Milestone Media, Paris. Specializing in interactive TV and local adaptations of global television concepts.

"The French-American Divide: Where Does it Stand? Where is it Heading?" Chris Dickey , Paris Bureau Chief & Middle East Regional Editor, Newsweek Magazine. and Gilles Delafon, Senior Correspondent and Foreign Affairs analyst for Journal du Dimanche.

*Buffet dinner at the home of Lee and Berna Huebner, 3, rue Lalo, 75116 Paris. “The New Britain and the New Europe.” Baroness Gloria Hooper , Member of the British House of Lords and Member of the Council of Europe.

Friday, March 26
“Confessions of a Lifelong International Marketer.” Peter Barnet, Professor, American University of Paris, Former Executive VP for International Advertising at Young & Rubicam and other global advertising agencies.

Henri Pigeat, former President and CEO of Agence France Presse (AFP).