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WEDNESDAY: Iran Update
Detained journalist Maziar Bahari
TELE-CONFERENCE
REPORTING THE IRANIAN PROTESTS FROM INSIDE AND OUT
Sponsored by the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA)
June 24, 2009 -- In the wake of the massive protests, subsequent deaths amid security crackdowns, AMEJA has assembled a panel of journalists covering the unrest from inside Iran and abroad, part of an ongoing effort by AMEJA to connect journalists in the U.S. with reporters and experts in the Middle East.
WHO:
Nahid Siamdoust, Time magazine, who has just returned from Iran
Jason Rezaian, freelance journalist, who has been reporting from Dubai
Lara Setrakian, ABC News Correspondent
Mahdis Keshavarz, The Make Agency, Ameja board member (Moderator)
WHEN: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
11:00 AM Eastern Std Time
WHERE: Participants can listen live via the web at http://www.blogtalk radio.com/ AMEJA or by calling: +1(646) 727-2779.
Questions can be asked via an online chatroom or live on the air, via the phone (landline, cell, or VOIP).
Questions will also be accepted via Twitter at http://www.twitter. com/AMEJA [www.twitter. com] TELE-CONFERENCE
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TUESDAY: Iran Teach-In
Iran: What You Need to Know
A Teach-In
6:30 PM
Tuesday, June 23
Cantor Center : 36 E. 8th street
(The event will be streamed live at www.voicesfromiran.com)
The recent events in Iran have left many of us with questions.
Why are there demonstrations and violence in the streets of Iran?
How are the events there relevant to us here?
What is our role here in the US and how can we support the people of Iran in this time of turmoil?
A EVENING TEACH-IN IS TAKING PLACE for journalists, students, academics, and any one interested in gaining a better understanding of the incredible images and stories emerging from Iran over the past week. We will have eyewitness reports from people who have just returned from Iran and journalists who have been covering Iran for the past few years.
When: 6:30 PM, Tuesday, June 23
Where: Cantor Center : 36 E. 8th street
SPEAKERS
Arang Keshavarzian is Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He has just returned from Iran, where he spent the last three weeks following the election campaign and its immediate aftermath and he will give an eyewitness account of the events there.
Kouross Esmaeli is an Iranian-American independent journalist and filmmaker working with Big Noise Film collective. He has been reporting from Iran for the past four years for Aljazeera English, Press TV and Current TV. He is also a member of Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association.
Golnoush Niknejad, an AMEJA Board member, is the editor and founder of Tehran Bureau (www.tehranbureau. com), an online magazine launched this year. Tehran Bureau carried out extensive coverage of the recent Presidential elections and now continues to overcome the Iranian government filters and has become one of the main news sources from within Iran.
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RECENT EVENTS: IRAN CONFERENCE CALL
AFTER THE VOTE: THE GROUND SHIFTS IN IRAN
Sponsored by the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalist Association (AMEJA)
To hear the show, go to blogtalkradio.com
June 19, 2009 -- In the wake of last week's election, events in Iran are moving quickly: allegations of voting fraud, massive protests and security crackdowns, emerging divisions within Iran's political class. In order to understand what's happening on the ground, AMEJA has assembled a panel of journalists covering the unrest.....
WHO:
Kouross Esmaeli, Filmmaker and journalist
Dr. Muhammad Sahimi, Tehran Bureau
Mahdis Keshavarz, The Make Agency (Moderator)
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AMEJA Events: New York Times Investigative Reporters
Join AMEJA for what promises to be a fascinating look at how investigative journalists braved dangers to gain access to jihadi groups. Souad Mekhennet and Michael Moss of the New York Times investigations unit will be in conversation at an AMEJA salon at City University of New York on April 28. The talk will be moderated by AMEJA board member Mona Iskander, a correspondent and field producer for NOW on PBS, a weekly national news-magazine show.
Tuesday, April 28th, 7pm at City University of New York, 219 W 40th Street, 3rd floor. Subway connections include: A, C, E, 1, 2, N, R
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AMEJA News: Kouross Esmaeli on The Takeaway
AMEJA member Kouross Esmaeli, an independent journalist and filmmaker appeared on NPR's The Takeaway on Tuesday morning to discuss the unrest in Iran. Listen to the show here.
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