October 17, 2016
The Columbia Global Centers will brought together eight veteran journalists from around the world to provide a view of how people in eight critical cultural and geopolitical regions view this year's unique presidential election, and what the possible outcomes of the election might mean for the world.
Francisco Aravena, International Editor,
T13 Radio, Santiago, Chile
Gustavo Chacra, Professor, Columbia University,
commentator for O Globo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Omeleye Sowore, Founder and Publisher,
SaharaReporters.com
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Correspondent,
Al Jazeera Plus, New York
Vikas Bajaj, Editorial Board Member,
The New York Times
Jérôme Cartillier, White House Correspondent,
Agence France Press, Washington
Weihua Chen, Correspondent,
China Daily, Washington D.C.
Tolga Tanis, Correspondent,
Hürriyet (Turkey), Washington D.C.
Chair: Professor Safwan Masri, Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development, Columbia University
Moderator: Professor Lonnie Isabel, Columbia Journalism School