Good morning. Thank you very m good morning thank you for theon introduction we are excited to be here today to have a conversation around authority at the state department to communicate American Values and form policy to engage the public all across the world. Theres never been in more important time for public to policy today its more important than ever engaging people and the public individuals and citizens in American Values and form policy and the Critical Issues of our time isn probably a requirement for success and theres a number of factors to this the world is increasingly interconnected andrl transparent so you have a number of factors making Public Diplomacy so the first is technology with a proliferation of channels and platforms in ways that we can communicate with citizens across the world so when we have theseer conversations but then you also have Technology Driving these risks look at Public Diplomacy we are can it survive the internet . Take a look at the trends. Ch
Author and Journalist Bob Woodward at an event hosted by politics and prose at the synagogue. This is one hour and a half. [cheering and applause] good evening. [inaudible] on behalf of everybody and those folks here welcome and thank you very much for coming. We had tnt always enjoy joining forces with six and i for author events and the synagogue and Cultural Center is now 15 years old and founder and staff deserve credit. [applause] they deserve a lot of credit for transforming the space into the vibrant Community Institution it is today. We are delighted to be hosting jodi and megan. [applause] they are two New York Times reporters who reported on Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse in their book is the riveting revealing account of how they developed their blockbuster story and its consequences in spurring the Metoo Movement. As a note in their preface in the wake of the weinstein expoee which broke in october 2017 it wasnt if it was is a dam wall had come down. Many women no
Anniversary of journalism education at drake. In 1919, since 1919, our program has been characterized by service to our profession and our community. We are proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight about Climate Change with experts who are on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and a philanthropic refunded free service for journalists based at the American Association for the advancement of science in washington, d. C. They connect reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible, accurate, researchbased news stories. We are just wrapping up a 2. 5 day boot camp at drake in which political journalists from around the country received briefings from experts on science issues that will be prominent in the president ial campaign. I would like to acknowledge and thank Drake Universitys academic leader in the front row, who is herself a scientist. Also, former Wash
Welcome to our audience here and those of us joining us by livestream. We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake. In 1919, ournning program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and service to the community. We are proud to continue the tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight about Climate Change with experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and the philanthropic we funded, philanthropically funded free service for journalists to accurateore credible, researchbased news stories. We are just wrapping up a boot camp at drake where journalists from around the country received briefings from experts on issues that will be prominent in the president ial campaign. To acknowledge and thank the provost in the front row who is herself a scientist. Also the former Washington Post science reporter and the entire team of scientists and
Good evening. My name is Kathleen Richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at Drake University. Welcome both to the members of our audience here at the Science Center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. We are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. We have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and sidelined. Sideline is a philosophically funded free service for journalists based at the American Association for the advancement of science in washington dc. It connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible Accurate Research ba