Journalism and Crisis

Proof of registration, via a QR code on your phone or on paper, will be required to enter Reid Hall. Entry will be refused to those who are not registered.

Please note that access will not be permitted 15 minutes after the start of the event.

This event will be held in English.

Organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, and Live Magazine

Focusing on “Stories of Resistance,” this year’s Journalism and Crisis event will feature live performances by journalists and artists sharing personal stories of their lives and work. Our goal is to emphasize the vital role journalism plays in navigating extreme conditions.

Live Magazine brings journalism to the stage with performances from diverse voices in the field. This “pocket-sized” edition in English is the first to be held at Reid Hall.

The event will feature live music performed by Anna Khmara, organized in collaboration with the 1991 Project.

Journalism and Crisis

This second annual “Journalism and Crisis” followed an inaugural series held in New York City. The series facilitates discussions about some of the most critical questions facing journalists and journalism today, particularly in an international context. Learn more about the 2024 Journalism and Crisis.

Organizers

The Columbia Global Paris Center, established at Reid Hall in 2010, is one of Columbia University’s eleven global centers. It aims to promote research, teaching, and transnational collaboration. Through its scholarly and cultural programming, its Atelier podcast, and its civic engagement initiatives, the Paris Global Center strengthens Columbia University’s connections in France and internationally while providing a platform for intellectual exploration of social and environmental issues in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Each year the Institute for Ideas and Imagination brings together a cohort of 14-15 Fellows, half of them Columbia faculty and post-docs, the other half artists and writers from around the world, to spend a year together in work and conversation. The Institute fosters intellectual and creative diversity unconstrained by medium and discipline through the interaction of the arts and academia.

Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, and Undergraduate Global Engagement.

Live Magazine was born one spring evening on a Paris stage. The idea was to pull off a small ephemeral experiment: a group of journalist friends were asked to overcome their stagefright to tell stories that they could not share elsewhere. And amazingly, it worked! Brussels, Geneva, Milan, London, Marseille, Beirut, Istanbul, Casablanca, Nairobi, Lagos…. Splendid venues, adoring fans, sellout crowds: our live journalism, is, well, alive.

With Live Magazine, instead of turning pages, enjoy the show. No taping, rewinding or instant replay, it’s all in the here and now: a living, ephemeral newspaper. The only way to catch it is in person, and the only trace is the memory of the tales heard tonight.

“A real experiment” – The Financial Times

“A rare shared moment of humanity”- De Standaard

“A glass of triple sec for the soul” – Le Temps

“Eccentric, passionate, brave and disarmingly intimate” – Monocle

“You emerge deliciously dazed from these 100 minutes of whispered stories” – Télérama