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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

Investigative Journalism in Uncertain Times featuring Walter V. Robinson - Investigative reporting is journalism’s costliest and riskiest endeavor. It is most vulnerable to government pressure because it is the most worthwhile work journalists do: It holds people in power accountable. Walter V. Robinson, editor-at-large for The Boston Globe, led the Pulitzer-prize-winning team of Spotlight reporters who uncovered the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic […]
Director and Screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury Visits URI - Filmmaker Joan Tewkesbury will visit the Harrington School on Friday, March 21st to conduct a screenwriting workshop with 35 film students.

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Film Professor Ashish Avikunthak wins the The Ground Glass Award at Prismatic Ground - Avikunthak won the award for outstanding contribution to the field of experimental film and media.
Kylie Engleman ’25 - Public Relations
Isabella Allen ’25 - Communication Studies and Public Relations

Maya Lincoln ’25 - Public Relations and Professional and Public Writing
URI Film students attend SXSW Film Festival for the 10th year in a row - Professor Keith Brown has been bringing film students to the festival in Texas since 2015.
Emma Tronkowski ’25 - Communication Studies and Spanish