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THURSDAY, MARCH 1 – FOREIGN POLICY PANEL DISCUSSION

America and the World in 2007: Featuring The Washington Post’s Foreign Correspondents

Please join us for an evening of candid conversation with the foreign news editors and correspondents of The Washington Post. They will be on hand to talk about the stories behind the year’s biggest headlines. Don’t miss this opportunity to talk with these experienced journalists about the tough issues facing the United States and the international community.

MODERATOR

Leonard Downie, Jr, Executive Editor: He has been the Executive Editor of The Washington Post since 1991 and began working for The Post as a summer intern in 1964. Downie soon became a well-known local investigative reporter in Washington, winning several awards. He worked on the Metropolitan staff as a reporter and editor for 15 years, and was the Assistant Managing Editor for Metropolitan news from 1974 until 1979. As Deputy Metropolitan Editor, Downie supervised The Post’s Watergate coverage. He was named London correspondent in 1979 and returned to Washington in 1982 as National Editor.

Panelists and specifics when you click below…

PANELISTS

Keith Richburg, Foreign News Editor: He is an award winning foreign correspondent who covering wars and famines, economic booms and crashes, as well as cultural and sports events all over the globe. From 1991 to 1994, as the Post’s Africa Bureau Chief, he was one of the reporters who drew the world’s attention to the catastrophes in Somalia. After leaving Africa, Richburg has been stationed in Hong-Kong, Bangkok, and Paris, and has reported from the East Timor secession as well as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Pam Constable, Deputy Foreign Editor: She began covering South Asia for The Washington Post in 1999, working extensively in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. Before arriving in New Delhi in 1999, she covered immigration and Hispanic affairs in the Washington area, and reported from Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti and Cuba. An award-winning author, her most recent work is Fragments of Grace, a uniquely personal exploration of the rich but solitary life of a foreign correspondent.

Anthony Shadid, Foreign Correspondent and 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner for International Reporting: He is based in the Middle East for The Washington Post. Before joining the Post, Shadid worked as Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press based in Cairo and as news editor of the AP bureau in Los Angeles. In 2004, Shadid won the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his coverage of the Iraq war.

Douglas Struck, Foreign Correspondent: He has been based in Canada, working from the Washington Post bureau in Toronto, since September, 2004. He periodically reports on temporary assignment from the Mideast and other points. Struck covered the Far East from Tokyo from 1999 to 2003, and helped cover Iraq and Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun, covering the 1991 Gulf War, after which he continued reporting on the Middle East from Cairo and Jerusalem until 1996.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007
Panel Discussion: 6:30 – 8:00 pm Reception: 8:00 – 8:30 pm * Includes Reception
The National Press Club – The Ballroom (13th Floor)
529 14th St, NW, Washington, DC 20045

ADMISSION: WACDC Members/Students: $20 Non Members: $25
METRO: Metro Center – Blue/Orange/Red Lines
PUBLIC PARKING: Located on G St, NW, Between 13th and 14th Streets; and on the Corner of 15th and F Streets

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