X•Position with James Asher: Post Truth (Online & On Campus)

Harvard Extension Student Association

Join us with Journalist <A HREF="https://muckrack.com/james-asher" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">James Asher </A>who will discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning work on the <A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article70324002.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Panama Papers</A> and his current work as the editor of the <A HREF="https://www.ap.org/ap-in-the-news/2017/ap-names-asher-to-news-editor-position-in-washington" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AP's new investigative</A> news bureau. His team is currently investigating the Trump/Russia 2016 election controversy and the Mueller probe.
Moderated by our Director of Events, Benjamin Basseri, current ALB in Mathematics.
For those outside the Boston area, the HES Journalism Club will host a Zoom Room (<A HREF="https://zoom.us/j/6549600880" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://zoom.us/j/6549600880</A>) and moderate an online Q&A. The discussion will also be streamed live at <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/myhesa/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.facebook.com/myhesa/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/myhesa/</A> 
James Asher currently works for The Associated Press in Washington, directing the coverage of special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry of President Trump and Russian meddling in the 2016 election. 
Earlier, he was the Washington Bureau Chief for the McClatchy Company and spent a year as the Washington editor for an investigative nonprofit organization, Injustice Watch.
His work on the worldwide Panama Papers investigation with a team at McClatchy was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Explanatory Reporting. McClatchy shared that award with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Miami Herald.
A native of Utica, N.Y., Asher has worked for five newspapers on the East Coast, including The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun. On four other occasions, investigations he directed and edited in Washington, D.C. and in Baltimore were selected as Pulitzer Prize finalists. He is the recipient of numerous other national journalism awards.
Asher holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Syracuse University and did postgraduate work in finance and economics in the MBA program at Temple University.
As a reminder, this event is sponsored by a student organization at Harvard University. Students and guests attending such events are expected to comply with any relevant Harvard protocols, including those pertaining to <A HREF="http://titleix.harvard.edu/files/title-ix/files/harvard_sexual_harassment_policy.pdf?m=1461104544" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">sexual- and gender-based harassment</A> policies.

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