Covering Societies Under Threat

A Conversation with the 2008 Cabot Medalists

Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

Wednesday October 15, 2008

5 p.m. Conversation with the 2008 Cabot Medalists: Covering Societies Under Threat hosted by the Institute of Latin American Studies, School of International and Public Affairs

Carmen Aristegui Flores, CNN en Español and Reforma, Mexico
Michael Smith, Bloomberg Markets
Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times
Gustavo Sierra, Clarín, Argentina

Moderator: Dr. Pablo Piccato, Director, Institute of Latin American Studies

7 p.m. Dinner in the World Room

Remarks: Dr. Pablo Piccato, Director, Institute of Latin American Studies: "Mexico's Drug Mafias: the Historical Context"

9 p.m. Screening of the presidential debate in the Lecture Hall