Videos

Author and former NPR and ABC News correspondent Kati Marton discussed her biography of Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. This virtual event was hosted by…

Kati Marton talked about her book True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy, in which she remembers the life of Noel Field, an Ivy League-educated employee of the U.S. State Department, who …

German Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Wittig and senior policy fellows from the Brookings Institution and the Migration Policy Institute talked about the humanitarian and security implications…

Leaders from humanitarian and advocacy group talked about the global response to the Syrian refugee crisis following the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris. Slides were shown. …

Authors and journalists talked about the possibility of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016 and and some of the hurdles she might face in a second preside…

Kati Marton spoke about the impact that a president’s marriage has on his term, and she also spoke at length about the role of first ladies. She focused on specific presidents and how their …

Panelists talked about women engaged in peacemaking efforts. Leymah Gbowee spoke about child soldiers in Liberia, her struggles for peace, and her own story of efforts to topple Charles Tayl…

Kati Marton and Strobe Talbott talked about the life and career of American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010. Ms. Marton, his widow, wrote the introduction to a collecti…

Dignitaries and family members participated in a memorial service for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

Authors in the “Legacy of the Holocaust” panel talked about their books about specific historical events of the Holocaust. After the presentations, they responded to questions from members o…

Kati Marton talked about her book The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World, published by Simon and Schuster. The book tells the stories of nine men who left Budapest…

A tribute was held for Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered on October 7, 2006, in the elevator of her apartment building. A special correspondent for Russia’s …

Ms. Marton talked about her book, Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History, published by Pantheon Books. The book explores specific presidential marriages of the l…

Ms. Marton talked about her book, Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History.

The seventh annual International Press Freedom Awards were presented to journalists, including Ted Koppel and Fred Friendly. Tom Brokaw was the master of ceremonies.

Authors, activists, and public officials read portions from The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings. It was a collection of writings by Wei Jingsheng, who ha…

The Committee to Protect Journalists hosted the annual International Press Freedom Awards. The awards honored international journalists who faced difficulty in publishing their work due to o…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Panelists discussed preparing candidates for debates and promoting their platform through advertising. They answered questions from the moderator and the audience.