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Colin Powell  Dick Durbin  Lynn Sweet and Chuck Todd
Gen. Colin Powell,
speaking to our Fall 2008 Class; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin meeting with our Winter/Spring 2009 students; and Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times, and Chuck Todd, NBC News, speaking to our Fall 2009 students.

Seminar Speakers, Winter/Spring 2010
The Politics & Journalism Semester

Adam Nagourney and Candy Crowley

Dem GOP Baloons

Terry Michael

"Political Reporting:
Past, Present and Future"

Adam Nagourney, New York Times chief political writer, and Candy Crowley, anchor, CNN's "State of the Union"
"Politics: A Class Discussion"
A discussion of political current events, including the first year of the Obama Administration, health care "reform," war in Afghanistan and partisan gridlock.
"American Political Parties"
Terry Michael, former press secretary, Democratic Nat. Com., and exec. director,The Politics & Journalism Semester
Jan Witold Baran
David Wasserman
"The Candidate" Robert Redford 1972

"Cash, Campaigns,
Governance and Free Speech"

Jan Witold Baran, Wiley Rein LLP, Election Law Practice

"Congressional Party Committees and Campaigns"
David Wasserman, The Cook Political Report
"Campaign Management"
Terry Michael, exec. director,The Politics & Journalism Semester
Grover Norquist
Shelby Steele Jim Sleeper book covers
Michael Barone
"Politics of Policy and Ideology"
Grover Norquist,
president, Americans for Tax Reform
"Racial and Other Group Identity Politics: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Multi-Culturalism"
....a class discussion

"Immigration History and Politics"
Michael Barone, author, "The New Americans" and columnist, The Examiner

Dr. Nadir Atash
Debbie LeHardy
Colbert for President

"Afghan Politics, American War"
Dr. Nadir Atash,
author, Turbulence: The Tumultuous Journey of One Man's Quest for Change in Afghanistan

"Major Donor Fund-Raising"
Debbie LeHardy, deputy finance director, Republican National Committee
"Presidential Politics:
Running for the Nomination"

Terry Michael, dir. of commun., 1988 Simon for President--see his "Why Political Journalism Fails..."
Christopher Preble
G. Evans Witt
Indecision 2008
"Foreign Policy & Power Politics"
Christopher A. Preble,
director of foreign policy studies, Cato; author, The Power Problem
"Political Polling and Research"
G. Evans Witt, CEO, Princeton Survey Research and co-author "Journalists Guide to Polls"
"Presidential Politics:
Facing Voters in November"

Terry Michael, exec. dir., The Politics & Journalism Semester
Curtis Gans
Steve Moore
Kennedy 1960 Spot
"Voting in America"
Curtis Gans, director, Center for
Study of the American Electorate
"Health Care: Policy and Politics"
Steve Moore, editorial writer, The Wall Street Journal (with Jean Spencer, Univ. of Colorado)
"Strategic Communication
in Campaigns and Governance"

Terry Michael, exec. dir., The Politics & Journalism Semester
Dan Balz
Anita Dunn
Jonathan Rauch book
"Covering Presidential Campaigns"
Dan Balz,
The Washington Post, co-author, "The Battle for America 2008"
"Media in Campaigns
and Governance "

Anita Dunn, SKDKnickerbocker (Democratic consultants); former White House commun. director (with Yang Yang, New York U.)
"Interest Group Politics"
Terry Michael, director, Politics & Journalism Semester (thanks to Jonathan Rauch, for his informing book
Hon. Jim Jones
Julie Stewart and Radley Balko
Bill of Rights
"Congress: Party, Politics, Policy"
Hon. Jim Jones,
former U.S. Rep., (D-OK) and former Ambassador to Mexico (with Jackie Clews, Univ. of Okla.)
"Politics of Drugs and Crime"
Julie Stewart, founder, Families Against Mandatory Minimums and Radley Balko, Reason editor
"The State of Our
Political Process, Parties,
Press and Leadership"

Terry Michael, director, The Politics & Journalism Semester



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