{"id":49902,"date":"2018-09-18T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=49902"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:42","slug":"carol-off-to-present-19th-annual-kesterton-lecture-at-carleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/carol-off-to-present-19th-annual-kesterton-lecture-at-carleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Off to Present 19th Annual Kesterton Lecture at Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carol Off to Present 19th Annual Kesterton Lecture at Carleton\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carol Off, host of CBC Radio One\u2019s current affairs program As it Happens,<\/em> will deliver the 19th<\/sup> annual Kesterton Lecture at Carleton University: Taking Sides: Journalists, Sources and Crossing the Line<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lecture is presented by Carleton\u2019s School of Journalism and Communication<\/a> in the Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a> (FPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at 7 p.m.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Room 2220, Richcraft Hall, Carleton
\nInfo:<\/strong> This event is free and registration is available online<\/a>. A campus map is available online.<\/a>
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\nMedia are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lecture, Off will examine the profession of journalism itself. In the journalist\u2019s quest to balance obligations as a human being with the obligation to bear witness, Off will discuss the line of impartiality and whether there are times when it must be crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lecture will be moderated by veteran journalist Joyce Napier, Ottawa bureau chief for CTV National News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Carol Off<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Off has reported extensively on both Canadian and international current affairs \u2013 delivering powerful coverage of conflicts and events from across the globe. She reported on the fallout from the 9\/11 disasters from New York, as well as from Washington, London, Cairo and Afghanistan. She has covered Canadian military missions around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the author of numerous books, including All We Leave Behind: A Reporter\u2019s Journey into the Lives of Others \u2013 <\/em>winner of British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, as well as a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers\u2019 Trust Prize for Non-Fiction and the Governor General\u2019s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Off\u2019s work has been recognized with a Gemini; two gold medals from the New York Festival of Television; a selected screening at the Monte Carlo Television Festival; several awards and citations from the Columbia Television awards; a Gabriel award; a B\u2019nai Brith Award and number of awards and citations from the National Radio and Television Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Kesterton Lecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Kesterton Lecture, Carleton Journalism\u2019s signature annual public event, honours Wilfred Kesterton\u2019s pioneering contribution to journalism education in Canada.  Saskatchewan-born Kesterton was a newspaperman and Second World War veteran when he became one of the earliest graduates of Carleton\u2019s Bachelor of Journalism program in 1949. As the school\u2019s second full-time faculty member, he was a leading figure in the program for 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Murphy
\nCommunications Co-ordinator
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834
\nElizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carol Off, host of CBC Radio One\u2019s current affairs program As it Happens, will deliver the 19th annual Kesterton Lecture at Carleton University: Taking Sides: Journalists, Sources and Crossing the Line. The lecture is presented by Carleton\u2019s School of Journalism and Communication in the Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA). When: Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":49903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[93,108],"class_list":["post-49902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-faculty-of-public-affairs","tag-journalism-and-communication"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49906,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49902\/revisions\/49906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}