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Christiane Amanpour delivering her lecture, Truthful, Not Neutral for the annual Taricani Lecture Series

The Christiane Amanpour Lecture

Endowed by and named for Christian Amanpour ’83, H’95–chief international anchor and global affairs host on CNN–the speaker series brings respected journalists to campus.

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The Taricani Visiting Journalist

The Taricani Visiting Journalist series on First Amendment Rights, honoring veteran Rhode Island journalist Jim Taricani H’18, features courageous journalists and thought leaders who have powerful stories to share.

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Events

Defending Local News and a Free Press featuring Tim White - April 21 at 5:30 PM at the Hope Room in the Higgins Welcome Center and live on YouTube. Directions: Parking is available in Lot 1 (Briar Lane Lot) behind the Higgins Welcome Center. Please use 75 Briar Lane, Kingston, RI 02881, in your GPS, which will take you directly to this lot. Enter campus via URI’s main entrance onto Upper College Rd […]
Crises in Mediated Communication Symposium - Thursday, April 9th – Friday, April 10thAtrium 2 Over three decades of digital media, our cultural environment has shifted considerably: information, entertainment and media forms are created and consumed in continually evolving ways. The audience for these media products has similarly been constructed through big data, algorithms, social media and AI, challenging traditional conceptions of […]