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Join NYFWA member Myron Kandel as he engages in conversation with New York Times financial columnist, co-anchor of CNBC's signature morning program, Squawk Box , founder and editor-at-large of DealBook and best-selling author (Too Big to Fail) Andrew Ross Sorkin. After 25 years as the founding financial editor and economic commentator for CNN, Myron brings his expertise to you in this series dedicated to the momentous happenings in the financial world. Myron’s past guests include Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, Chairman and CEO of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times reporter Diana B. Henriques and op-ed writer and journalist Joe Nocera. 7-8:30 PM. $10 members, $15 non-members. JCC, Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. For more information, or to register, please call 646-505-5708.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism presents a business journalism Webinar, "How Not to Be Bamboozled by Local Economic Studies.” Sarah Cohen will provide key tips for questions to ask sources, ways to spot pumped-up estimates and sources for your own analysis. The main Webinar page is http://bit.ly/mXncXR. Where: Online
NYFWA members are invited to a public forum Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 7:30 PM on the topic, “Rethinking Taxes,” sponsored by The Common Ground Committee, a non-profit group dedicated to promoting civil discourse on controversial policy issues. The 92nd Street Y in Manhattan will host the forum as part of its Campaign for the American Conversation. A distinguished panel of experts on tax policy will take part in a spirited but civil debate expected to help inform the public on an important issue facing Congress this year. Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, served as Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden. Arthur Laffer is a former economic advisor to President Reagan and is widely known as the inventor of the Laffer Curve. Gail Chaddock, Congressional Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, will discuss the prospects for congressional action on tax reform. Panel moderator John Yemma is editor of The Christian Science Monitor, a publication noted for balanced, in-depth reporting on global events. The Committee has identified The Monitor as uniquely suited for this role as a publication devoted to seeking truth, whose motto is “To Injure No Man, but to Bless All Mankind.” RSVP: Matin Skala at marskala@optonline.net
Please join the Knight Bagehot Alumni Committee at Bloomberg for a presentation by Greg Farrell, author of "Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch and Near Collapse of Bank of America." Farrell, an investigative reporter at Bloomberg News, wrote the definitive book about the Merrill/Bank of America deal in 2010. Since then, Bank of America has been challenged by another transaction cooked up in the last crisis: the acquisition of Countrywide Financial. While the causes of the 2008 crisis, as well as the current European financial crisis, are global, specific deals are often driven by chief executives seeking wealth, fame, power or some combination of the three. In attempting to explain the collapse of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America's trip to the precipice of solvency, Farrell's book focused on the motivations of the key executives at both companies. Please join us for a discussion of this book with Greg Farrell, a Knight-Bagehot Alumnus, on Feb. 21 at Bloomberg L.P., 731 Lexington Avenue, 7E Multipurpose Room, NY, NY. Cocktail reception at 6 p.m. Presentation and Q&A at 7 p.m. To RSVP, please contact pw1@columbia.edu by February 14.
You are invited to a lively debate on Ayn Rand, led by Gary Weiss, NYFWA member and author of the perceptive and witty new book Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul, published by St. Martin's Press. He will be joined by Vic Sperandeo, a/k/a "Trader Vic," a well-known stock market trader, author and dedicated Rander, who is coming from Texas for this appearance. How did the U.S. get the idea that the rich should pay minimal taxes, greed is good, government should barely exist, and Wall Street should operate with no regulations? Think back to Ayn Rand and her famous disciple Alan Greenspan, says Gary, who believes Rand’s advocacy of laissez faire economics has influenced our 21st century political dialogue more than most of us imagine. Be prepared for an evening of verbal pyrotechnics. NYFWA Drinks Night: February 28, at Pete’s Tavern, 129 E. 18th St., from 6 to 8 PM. Gary Weiss was a longtime investigative reporter at BusinessWeek, noted for his articles on stock fraud and organized crime in the markets. His previous books were Born to Steal, a narrative account of the Mafia on Wall Street (Grand Central, 2003) and Wall Street Versus America (Portfolio, 2006). Two free drinks for members and first-time potential members. RSVP: nyfwa@aol.com
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is pleased to present a special free one-day seminar on March 6, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The sessions are complimentary but space is limited. Click here for more details. Click here to apply.
The NYFWA and Gorkana have teamed up to sponsor a Drinks Night that asks the question: Is Google Out to Get You? Everyone’s reputation is at risk on line, say Richard Torrenzano and Mark Davis, two leading advisors to Fortune 500 corporations and public figures and the authors of Digital Assassination: Protecting Your Reputation, Brand, or Business Against Online Attacks (St. Martin’s). From false Wikipedia entries to Yelp attacks, obscene fabricated images to Facebook privacy concerns, every CEO and celebrity, entrepreneur, lawyer, journalist and politician is at risk of digital assassination. On March 19 at Pete’s Tavern, 6-8 PM, Torrenzano and Davis will talk about the evolution of character assassination in the digital age, how your own words can be used against you or your sources, and how to protect yourself against cyber villains. Richard Torrenzano is chief executive of The Torrenzano Group, a New York strategic communications and high-stakes issues management firm that helps organizations take control of how they are perceived. Mark Davis is a former White House speechwriter and a senior director of the Washington-based White House Writers Group. Drinks sponsored by Gorkana 6-8 PM. All invited. Pete’s Tavern, 129 E. 18th, Second floor RSVP: nyfwa@aol.com
Titled “Media in a Challenging World: A 360 Perspective,” the three-day 2012 IPI World Congress in Trinidad and Tobago will examine the many challenges, concerns and opportunities facing the media not only in the Caribbean, but also in the rest of the Americas and around the globe. Interacting with participants from throughout the Americas and other regions of the world, a roster of world-class moderators, speakers and panelists will look at the role of state-owned media in the region and elsewhere, the impact of natural disasters on press freedom, the abuse of government advertising as a way to reward or punish media outlets, and the presence of colonial-era criminal defamation laws on the statute books in many Caribbean countries. Further panels relevant to your work will include covering corruption and the environment, online media ethics, new business models for the news industry, and how local media can compete with the “big players” – CNN, The New York Times, the BBC, Al Jazeera – in covering breaking news on their own turf. And of course, all of these critical issues will be discussed through the lens of press freedom. Please visit the IPI World Congress website for more information or contact Milica Miletic by email: mmiletic(at)freemedia.at or by phone: + 43 1 512 90 11 16.
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