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A post-election roundtable conversation with journalists Ben Barnier, Richard Fausset, Sylvie Kauffmann, and Vivian Salama.
Filmed on 03/12/2024 with a live audience both in person and on Zoom.
Fresh from the campaign trail, four journalists unpacked Trump’s victory. How did the Democrats lose so badly? What does this imply about America and what does it mean for the country’s future? What are the ramifications for the rest of the world? And how did pundits, media analysts, and pollsters make such incorrect assumptions about the political mood in the U.S.? Join us to ask questions and discuss the year’s seismic events in the U.S.
This event was moderated by Vivienne Walt and was presented in partnership with the Overseas Press Club.
About the panelists:
Richard Fausset, The New York Times. Based in Atlanta, Fausset writes about conservative politics, and covered Trump’s campaign. He has focused on the politics of the South, gun ownership, race, and poverty.
Vivian Salama, The Wall Street Journal. (Joined on Zoom from Washington.) Salama has been on the campaign trail all year, and covered Trump’s first term. She has reported from about 85 countries, including as AP’s Baghdad bureau chief, and been based in the UAE, Pakistan, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine. She is also an attorney and member of the District of Columbia bar.
Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde. Columnist for Le Monde and the paper’s former Editor-in-Chief, Kauffmann was previously a longtime foreign correspondent, with postings in the U.S., London, Moscow, and Singapore.
Ben Barnier, France Info TV. Senior correspondent for France Televisions news channel, Barnier co-anchored a nightly program on air during the campaign’s final weeks, and covered the Trump campaign. Barnier previously worked for ABC News, and is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.
Moderator: Vivienne Walt, Paris Correspondent for TIME & Fortune Magazines. Walt has reported from dozens of countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, for TIME and Fortune Magazines. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, and other publications. She is a governor of the Overseas Press Club of America, the U.S.’s oldest organization for foreign correspondents.
Evenings with an Author is generously sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg.
A post-election roundtable conversation with journalists Ben Barnier, Richard Fausset, Sylvie Kauffmann, and Vivian Salama.
Filmed on 03/12/2024 with a live audience both in person and on Zoom.
Fresh from the campaign trail, four journalists unpacked Trump’s victory. How did the Democrats lose so badly? What does this imply about America and what does it mean for the country’s future? What are the ramifications for the rest of the world? And how did pundits, media analysts, and pollsters make such incorrect assumptions about the political mood in the U.S.? Join us to ask questions and discuss the year’s seismic events in the U.S.
This event was moderated by Vivienne Walt and was presented in partnership with the Overseas Press Club.
About the panelists:
Richard Fausset, The New York Times. Based in Atlanta, Fausset writes about conservative politics, and covered Trump’s campaign. He has focused on the politics of the South, gun ownership, race, and poverty.
Vivian Salama, The Wall Street Journal. (Joined on Zoom from Washington.) Salama has been on the campaign trail all year, and covered Trump’s first term. She has reported from about 85 countries, including as AP’s Baghdad bureau chief, and been based in the UAE, Pakistan, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine. She is also an attorney and member of the District of Columbia bar.
Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde. Columnist for Le Monde and the paper’s former Editor-in-Chief, Kauffmann was previously a longtime foreign correspondent, with postings in the U.S., London, Moscow, and Singapore.
Ben Barnier, France Info TV. Senior correspondent for France Televisions news channel, Barnier co-anchored a nightly program on air during the campaign’s final weeks, and covered the Trump campaign. Barnier previously worked for ABC News, and is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.
Moderator: Vivienne Walt, Paris Correspondent for TIME & Fortune Magazines. Walt has reported from dozens of countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, for TIME and Fortune Magazines. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, and other publications. She is a governor of the Overseas Press Club of America, the U.S.’s oldest organization for foreign correspondents.
Evenings with an Author is generously sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg.
