Fred Kaplan, biographer of Mark Twain and Henry James, will discuss his new book, Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer, which is cited as among the latest reading of President Obama.

Joan Bieder, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer of the Graduate School of Journalism, discusses her book on the history, deliverance and growth of an Orthodox Baghdadi community and its Southeast Asian legacy.

The Graduate School of Journalism and Center for Investigative Reporting host journalists for 'dispatches' the new quarterly international news journal. Join us for a lively discussion of new ways to tell vital stories and address global issues shaping our world.

Join the Council for
a conversation with investigative journalist Tim Shorrock as he
discusses intelligence
outsourcing in depth in his new book, Spies for Hire.

Join us for stories and how-to advice from book writers. What makes a story book-worthy? What is a book pitch and how do you make one? Do you need an agent to write a book? What are publishers looking for in first books?

In his new book, The Big Squeeze, New York Times Reporter Steven Greenhouse explores why, in the world's most affluent nation, so many corporations are intent on squeezing their workers dry.

Steven Greenhouse has been the labor and workplace correspondent for the New York Times since 199

As a correspondent for ABC's 20/20 for the past two decades, Lynn Sherr has presented investigative reports on everything from presidential elections to anorexia and the discovery of the 67-million-year-old dinosaur known as Tyrannosaurus Sue. Discover the personal side of a broadcast success sto

Please join us for the 2006 Digital TV and The World Reports. These include profiles of artists and cultural figures from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela and stories of ordinary people from Kashmir to Mumbai. The stories were produced by Graduate School of Journalism reporters Peter A

Adam Hochschild talks about the writing of his new book, "Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves".

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is one of the most innovative, successful and influential farmers working in America today.

The works of four recent J-school graduates will be featured on FRONTLINE/World on January 11th at 10 pm on Bay Area PBS affiliate KQED Channel 9. Check local listings for complete details.

Independent documentary filmmaker, Orlando Bagwell, takes a personal look at Public Television from the mid-70s state of a new, emerging network coming of age, creating itself, to today's image struggling with what it has become and whether it can remain healthy and viable.