About the Breaux Symposium
The annual John Breaux Symposium pushes the boundaries of debate around an aspect of media, politics and public policy. The Symposium aims to harness the expertise and perspectives of individuals hailing from a variety of fields and backgrounds.
2023 John Breaux Symposium
The 2023 John Breaux Symposium, "The Changing Labor of Global Journalism: Relationships, Tools, and Power" took place on. March 2 in the Manship School's Journalism Building. You can watch again the event on the Manship School's YouTube Channel.
Sweeping changes have taken place in global journalism —coverage that crosses national borders —affecting everything from who reports it and how it is reported to who publishes and how audiences consume it. During the event, we will examine these changes with a focus on the relationships, tools, and power involved in contemporary global journalism. The half-day symposium, which will feature presentations from today’s experts in global journalism, will aim to generate new empirical and theoretical insights to aid practitioners and scholars in their future work.
Keynote speakers:
Anjan Sundaram is a journalist, academic and author of three memoirs, “Stringer," "Bad News" and
the forthcoming “Breakup." His war correspondence won a Frontline Club Award in 2015
and a Reuters prize in 2006, and was short-listed for the Prix Bayeux in 2015. “Stringer"
was a Royal African Society Book of the Year in 2014, and "Bad News" was an Amazon
Book of the Year in 2016. Sundaram graduated from Yale University, where he studied
mathematics, and holds a PhD in journalism and literature from the University of East
Anglia.
Jesse W. Lewis Jr. has more than 40 years of experience in journalism, diplomacy, public affairs and
crisis management. After earning his university degree in 1964, he worked for The
Washington Post for 11 years. In 1969 and 1972, he became The Post’s first correspondent
in the Middle East. Between 1975 and 1983, Mr. Lewis was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer
who served at the American embassies in Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and Greece. He received
the Department of State's Superior Honor Award in 1978 for his performance in Saudi
Arabia.
Past Symposia have hosted scholars, journalists, corporate executives, and political and civic leaders. Through keynote speakers, panels and presentations, the intent of the Symposium is to discuss the public’s knowledge about some aspect of our democracy and identify possible actions to increase public awareness and constructive debate.