The Anatomy of Change: Cliff Levy’s ‘Broken Homes’
Wed, Sep 14, 2016
6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre
As part of the Pulitzer Prize Campfires Centennial Celebration, the Center for the Humanities is partnering with the New York Council for the Humanities on a two part series exploring the research and publication of prize-winning investigative and explanatory journalism. Each conversation examines an individual text to determine what goes into a Pulitzer-winning project and the long-term impact of the reporting.
At its best, journalism excels in telling the stories of the voiceless, in demanding justice for the victimized. Cliff Levy’s Pulitzer-winning series “Broken Homes” (The New York Times) exemplifies these qualities. Over the course of six stories in 2002, Levy provided a brilliant, vivid exploration of New York State’s negligent oversight of homes for the mentally ill and unstable, revealing tales of abuse and neglect that are harrowing.
Join us as we explore these issues in “The Anatomy of Change: Cliff Levy’s ‘Broken Homes'”, a conversation with Clifford J. Levy and one of his former editors, Joe Sexton (now at ProPublica). This conversation will be moderated by Amanda Petrusich, contributing writer to The New Yorker, assistant professor of writing at NYU, and 2016 Guggenheim Fellow.
This event is being livestreamed, click her to watch.
This event is free, but you must RSVP here to attend.
This event is part of the New York Council’s “The Anatomy of Change: Journalism & Justice,” a series that explores the role of journalism in American society and is a part of the Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative.
Cosponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, and the Writers’ Institute at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
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