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The Tom Cassidy Lecture Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Ronan Farrow: “The Power of the Next Generation"

Called by The New York Times “the youngest old guy in the room” when he was a youth activist, Ronan Farrow has years of experience bridging the divide between old-school institutions—from the US government to major corporations—and a restless generation empowered by rapidly changing technology. Using examples and moving personal stories drawn from around the world, Farrow takes an affecting, rebellious look at the challenges of connecting with the next generation.

Farrow is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, where his investigative reporting has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the National Magazine Award, and the George Polk Award, among other honors. His latest book, Catch and Kill, is a New York Times bestseller with a companion Peabody Award-winning podcast that has topped the Apple Podcast charts. Farrow is also currently producing documentaries for HBO. He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at MSNBC and NBC News, with his print commentary and reporting appearing in publications including The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.

Before his career in journalism, he served as a State Department official in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence. Farrow has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People and one of GQ's Men of the Year. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York Bar. He recently earned a PhD in political science at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in New York.

Open to the public free of charge, but tickets are required. Tickets are available by clicking here.

For more information, contact Jenn Berube at jberube@bowdoin.edu or 207-725-3928.

A livestream of this talk will be available on the Bowdoin live events website.

Sponsored by the Tom Cassidy Lecture Fund with additional support provided by Charles Weston Pickard Lecture Fund.

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