Editor Remnick of ‘The New Yorker’ to Speak
Celebrated journalist, historian and editor of The New Yorker magazine, David Remnick, will discuss “Investigative Journalism and the Free Press” in a Gene Barnett Literary Society Lecture on Wednesday, November 1, at 8 p.m., in Wilson Auditorium, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus.
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Remnick joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 1992 and has written more than a hundred pieces for The New Yorker. His subjects have included Bill Clinton, Philip Roth, Michael Jordan, Ralph Ellison, Pope John Paul II, Shimon Peres, Katharine Graham and George Stephanopoulos.
Remnick was named editor of The New Yorker in 1998. Since his appointment, the magazine has won 21 National Magazine Awards for General Excellence, Profile Writing, Essays, Fiction, Special Interest and Criticism. In 2000, he was named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age.
He won a Pulitzer Prize and was awarded the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism for his first book, Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.
Remnick has published or edited nine works of nonfiction including Resurrection (1997), the first book to cover the recent elections in Russia; King of the World (1998) on Muhammad Ali; Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker (2000); and Reporting (2006), a collection of his writing from The New Yorker.
Raised in Hillsdale, N.J., Remnick graduated from Princeton University and began his reporting career as a staff writer at the Washington Post in 1982.
The Literary Society lecture includes a question-and-answer period with the audience. Books will be available for sale and signing. General admission is $10, free for faculty, staff and students with valid FDU ID. All tickets are available at the door, starting at 7:15 p.m., on the night of the lecture. For further information call 201-692-7028.
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October 2006
| · | Academic Convocation Opens New Year |
| · | Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Symposium |
| · | Faculty Status Report 2006–2007 |
| · | U.N. Exhibit Features Adams’ Quotes, McCurry’s Photos |
| · | Family Weekend and Homecoming |
| · | Editor Remnick of ‘The New Yorker’ to Speak |
| · | Dining in the Gilded Age |
| · | Eritrean Ambassador Addresses Conflict Resolution in Region |
| · | Division I Hall of Fame Induction |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Charlebois, Kovacs, Philips, Stiner |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — New Faculty Welcomed, Copies Plus, Wellness Fair. |
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