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Appearances
February 20, 2017
Thinking Like a Social Scientist, Writing Like a Journalist
FEBRUARY 20, 2017, 4:30 PM Thinking Like a Social Scientist, Writing Like a Journalist Rutgers University, Alexander Library, Teleconference Lecture Hall, 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 To […]
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February 8, 2017
Shane Bauer in Conversation with Ted Conover
FEBRUARY 8, 2017, 6:30 PM Shane Bauer in Conversation with Ted Conover NYU Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Sq., 7th fl Common, New York, NY 10003 To […]
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December 1, 2016
Reading and Q/A on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep
DECEMBER 1, 2016, 6-8 PM Reading and Q/A on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep Meg Cohen Design Shop, 59 Thompson St., New York, NY 10012 To book an appearance, […]
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November 22, 2016
“Lecture and Q&A” Gerard van Westerloolezing of the Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 “Lecture and Q&A” Gerard van Westerloolezing of the Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek (Initiative for Narrative Journalism in the Netherlands) Amsterdam, Netherlands To book an appearance, please email Jodi […]
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November 20, 2016
Keynote: Danish International Media Festival
NOVEMBER 20-21, 2016 Keynote: Danish International Media Festival Fagfestival ’16, Odense, Denmark To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at (617) 266-3450.
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November 17, 2016
Reading and Q/A with Harper’s editor James Marcus on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep
NOVEMBER 17, 2016, 7:00 PM Reading and Q/A with Harper’s editor James Marcus on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep Book Culture, 450 Columbus Ave, New York, NY To […]
October 23, 2016
My new book, Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep, is just out. It’s about the kind of writing I’m best known for, where the writer learns by placing himself […]
August 13, 2016
For years journalists were taught to leave themselves out of the story. Often that’s still a good idea, but in other cases there is an untold story-behind-the-story that is well […]
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February 13, 2016
“Ted has a way of talking about big topics such as prisons, immigration, and infrastructure with engaging stories that captivate everyone in the room.”— James Walsh, student, Boston College […]
September 16, 2015
When I became a USDA meat inspector, I was puzzled that my supervisors were veterinarians. People didn’t head to vet school to oversee slaughter, did they? I started talking to […]
January 17, 2015
Last January, at the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, the admiral in charge tapped his chair and told me that “Twelve years ago, none of us thought that anybody would […]
November 21, 2014
Amazing Guy, Gone But Remembered
Matthew Power was a wonderful writer and a friend of mine. A Vermonter who graduated from Middlebury College, he got assigned to my nonfiction writing workshop at the Bread Loaf […]
June 18, 2014
Before I had kids, I used to wonder what would happen when they read my books. What kind of example was I setting with some of the chances I was […]
March 28, 2014
Some years ago, when I was living in Denver, I was invited to take part in a summer writers’ conference in Aspen, Colorado. It sounded like fun and indeed it […]
June 4, 2013
There’s a fair amount of fine art around meat and slaughter. Most famous might be the paintings of Francis Bacon – several friends guessed that the image Harper’s magazine used […]
April 13, 2013
A couple of years ago, I applied for a job as a USDA meat inspector. Most inspectors work inside slaughterhouses; I thought it would be a good way to take […]
March 19, 2013
I was skiing at Winter Park, Colorado, yesterday—a place I have skied for more than 40 years without seeing a moose—when I saw a moose. It was in the middle […]