Lessons for journalists from a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
From the Blog beenasarwar *Beena Sarwar* *Notes from the Nieman Pulitzer 100 event in Cambridge MA, "POWER: Accountability and Abuse," presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at **Sanders Theatre, Harvard University* [image: wynton-marsalis-nieman-pulitzer-100] Sep. 9, 2016 Cambridge, MA: The thousand-seater Sanders Theatre filled up fast in anticipation of the Wynton Marsalis concert that was kicking off the Nieman Pulitzer 100 event, a few days before my first journalism class at Princeton University. No photography or videos of the performance were allowed but I figured the rule didn't apply before they started playing so I sneaked a quick photo. In between mesmerizing musical performances with his quintet, Marsalis addressed the rapt audience, reflecting on themes ranging from race, jupakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Censoring Jinnah: Express Tribune's shameful surrender
From the Blog pakteahouse By Yasser Latif Hamdani This blog was originally published on Jinnah's birthday this year on Express Tribune (ET). It was taken down last night by the ET after a group of internet trolls "inspired by the ideology of Pakistan" started a campaign under the hashtag #ExpressTribuneLiesAgain. *None of these geniuses actually bothered to read the blog which frankly only an idiot would call anti-Jinnah or anti-Pakistan*. Apparently they were upset that it contained the following line: Part of it may have become apparent to him in his lifetime as he is reported to have called the creation of Pakistan the biggest blunder of his life. I did not make up this claim. Several historians have reported on this. A few years ago, Alex Von Tunzelmann in her book Indian Summer wrote the fpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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