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SUMMARY:Alan Rusbridger: The Power of the Press\, the Power of the People 
 - Alan Rusbridger\, Lady Margaret Hall\, Oxford
DTSTART:20170130T193000Z
DTEND:20170130T210000Z
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CONTACT:Chris Cundy
DESCRIPTION:80\,000 Hours is delighted to welcome Alan Rusbridger\, former
  editor-in-chief of the Guardian\, to talk about the huge impact it's poss
 ible to have in journalism. \n\nAlan was instrumental in publishing the le
 aks from whistleblower Edward Snowden\, for the Guardian's strong focus on
  climate change over the past decade\, and for overseeing its approach to 
 the transition away from print media towards online publishing. A graduate
  of Magdalene college\, Cambridge\, he has been named newspaper editor of 
 the year three times. \n\nThe talk will discuss his career\, the place of 
 the press in a modern society\, and the challenges it has to overcome in t
 he future - such as the decline of print media and investigative journalis
 m\, and rise of clickbait and 'fake news'. There will be a Q&A after the t
 alk.\n\nAfter the talk there will be free drinks and snacks\, and the chan
 ce to chat to Alan. \n\nWe will be having dinner with Alan before the talk
  - sign up here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12w9hIjFhVSbF2BEUDmC_6Y57F
 SUbWiqRG0QAz8IeLkM/edit to register your interest in a place. New people a
 re especially welcome at the dinner!\n\n----------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------\nMore about Alan: \nAlan 
 Rusbridger was editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media from 1995 – 2015
  and is now Principal of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. \
 n\nHis career began on the Cambridge Evening News\, where he trained as a 
 reporter before first joining the Guardian in 1979. The paper was nominate
 d newspaper of the year five times between 1996 and 2014. Rusbridger has b
 een named editor of the year three times. He has won the Liberty Human Rig
 hts Award\, the European Press Prize and the Ortega y Gasset award and has
  been honoured by CUNY\, Columbia\, Oslo and Syracuse Universities. \n\nBo
 rn in Zambia\, he graduated from Magdalene College Cambridge University wi
 th a degree in English in 1976. He was a visiting fellow at Nuffield Colle
 ge\, Oxford and is a visiting professor of history at Queen Mary's College
 \, London and Cardiff University. He has honorary doctorates from Lincoln\
 , Oslo\, Kingston and Roehampton Universities.\n\nA keen amateur pianist a
 nd clarinettist\, Rusbridger has been chair of the National Youth Orchestr
 a of Great Britain and the Photographers' Gallery in London. \n\nHe is the
  author of three children's books\, published by Penguin. He was the co-au
 thor\, with Ronan Bennett\, of the two-part BBC One drama\, Fields of Gold
 . Additionally\, he has written a full-length animation film script and a 
 play about Beethoven.\n
LOCATION:Lightfoot Room\, Divinity School\, St John's College
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