[inaudible] i dont know what has been said, but i would like to maybe so has already raised this point. I dont really see, i dont see how the age of twitter, if thats what age we are in, obviates longform journalism. First of all im reminded of one of the great jazz trumpeters luster was asked, what do we know about jazz . He said it depends on what you know. If you want long form listen, its out there in many forms. To the extent it is as much as used the, many things besides twitter are at fault. But there, i think twitter can actually be a facilitator to all forms of journalism. I know, you know, listen, ive also people like Stephen Colbert just because its fun. I follow a lot of people because i know that they will link me to Interesting Articles about ukraine or cyberwarfare or something that im otherwise going to miss. And so i say twitter you know, used in a certain way. And i assume as most of you, see it as a great facilitator, a new kind of curator that was otherwise unavaila
Disclosure that a u. N. Peacekeeping force from nepal was the source of a cholera outbreak. He leaves readers fully aware of how much remains to be done if haiti is to have a Brighter Future is and it currently is looking at. That is it, they were all fabulous books but one of them has to win the bernstein award. That is dan fagin for toms river a story of science and salvation. [applause] dont go quite yet. Have two words. Wow. All right. I long for liz. [applause] wow. Long form lives because of people like the bernstein family. Thank you very much for places like New York Public Library that care about reality, care about what actually is in this world. It lives because of people like you that support this kind of work and it especially lives because of amazing books like david and jonathan and fred and sheri fink and we are just surrogates for a much Larger Population of people who do this work everyday. This is an amazing faint. Truth actually matters and when it stopped smatterin
Coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend booktv now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by a local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. Booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. Heres a look at some of the events will be attending this week. Look for these programs to air in the near future on the tv on cspan2. Catholic is on the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. For more go to our website of tv. Org and visit upcoming programs. Youre watching booktv. Text is the Helen Bernstein book award for excellence in journalism. This twopart event begins with a Panel Discussion on longform journalism to this hourlong event was held at the New York Public Library in new york city. A good evening, everyon
Shane harris talks about the militarys use of cyberspace to wage war. He discusses the involvement of private Companies Like google and microsoft in this fifth domain of warfare. This hourlong Program Starts now on booktv. Im pleased to welcome shane harris this evening to discuss his new book, alt war the rise of the military complex, in which he chronicles the fifth domain of warfare. He explains how Government Agencies are teaming up with the likes of google and microsoft to monitor cyberspace and collect information and what that means for us as individuals and a nation. This is harris second book. The watchers the rise of americas surveillance state, won the Helen Bernstein book award for excellence in journalism. Hes currently a Senior Writer covering intelligence and National Security at the the daily beast, hes also worked as a Senior Writer for foreign policy, and his work has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and the washington post. Hes also a fellow at
Who are freezing can admire your shorts and tshirts and silently curse you. Speaking of the tucson festival of books, we have bill minor here today, one of the visionaries. Give him a round of applause. Very much a volunteerdriven effort a group of people bill and many others who made a big impact on the community. If you want to be part of that, i hope you will consider becoming a friend of the festival. A tax deductible donation that impacts this event and were moting around the country. Let me introduce the panel. David maraniss author of many books, he was won several wards prince of tennessee about al gore books about sports in the 1960s, and other political books as well. So please welcome him. [applause] if you are political aware and not living under a rock you know about mark levitch and his book this town that caused a lot of stir and conversation. Number one New York Times best seller followed up with a collection of his fantastic articles over the years called sitcitizen ci