Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
When: | Monday, December 4th, 2017 |
Time: | 7:30 pm — 9:00 pm |
Location: | iPolitics newsroom, 17 York Street., Suite 201, Byward Market, Ottawa, ON |
Audience: | Anyone |
Join Geoffrey York (BJ ’81) of the Globe and Mail in conversation with the CBC’s Adrian Harewood.
Please register for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/geoffreyyorkevent-tickets-40009710120
Presented by: Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies, NPSIA, the Journalism program of the School of Journalism & Communication and the Africa Study Group
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Geoffrey York is the Africa correspondent for the Globe. He has been a foreign correspondent with that news organization since 1994, including seven years as the Moscow Bureau Chief and seven years as the Beijing Bureau Chief. He has been covering Africa from his base in Johannesburg since 2009.
As a veteran war correspondent, he has covered conflicts since 1992 in places such as Somalia, Sudan, Chechnya, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of three books and has received several journalistic awards, including a National Magazine Award and two National Newspaper Awards.
He was born in Ottawa and graduated from Carleton’s journalism program in 1981.
Adrian Harewood is co-host of CBC News Ottawa. He attended elementary and high school at Ashbury College, and was involved in community radio at CKCU (Carleton University) and CHUO (University of Ottawa). He has been a guest host on national CBC programs such as As it Happens, Sounds Like Canada and The Current. Before moving to television, Harewood was the host of All In A Day on CBC Radio One in Ottawa.