Acclaimed Moscow correspondents of the past and present will gather to discuss the challenges of covering Russia and the lasting consequences of media repression.
In the 1980s, The Washington Post's Dusko Doder covered the Soviet Union, providing accounts of the country's internal politics unlike any other Western reporter. But he faced consequences for his adept coverage, including unfounded accusations about access to sources that upended his career.
The question of how to cover Russia in the face of media repression has vexed journalists for decades. In the Soviet era, American reporters were targets of harassment by the KGB and "special services." Now, in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, American reporters have largely left the country for the safety of themselves and their families as Vladimir Putin's regime cracks down on the press.
This event is sponsored by the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism at Columbia University.
Speakers Include:
- Serge Schmemann: Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times correspondent in the 1980s
- Ann Cooper: Former NPR Moscow correspondent and former director of the Committee to Protect Journalists
- Joshua Yaffa: Correspondent for the New Yorker, joining remotely from Berlin
- Robert G. Kaiser: Former managing editor of The Washington Post and Moscow correspondent
- Jonathan Randal: Former Post foreign correspondent and close friend of Doder, and his wife, Louise Branson
- Peter Osnos: Former Post Moscow correspondent, foreign editor and publisher of Doder's book, "Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev"
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