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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter kicks off Communication and Media Day

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Charles J. Hanley of The Associated Press will be the featured speaker on April 14, as the Communication and Media Department begins the fourth annual Communication and Media Day.

Hanley's talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Restaurant and will be followed by a discussion on "Integrity in the Media" by an expert panel. The event, which is free and open to the public, offers participants an opportunity to learn more about media issues in America. It is sponsored by The Legislative Gazette, a weekly newspaper written by journalism students and published in Albany.

Hanley's remarks will be followed by a discussion between audience members and a panel that includes Paul Conti, news director for Channel 13 in Albany; Elizabeth Benjamin, a reporter for The Albany Times Union; and Dr. Howard Good, a noted author on ethics and professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz.

Hanley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his investigative reporting into the role of the U.S. military in killing refugees at No Gun Ri in South Korea in 1950. The culmination of Hanley's investigative reporting with two fellow Associated Press journalists was "The Bridge at No Gun Ri"(published in 2001), which also won a George Polk Award, given annually to journalists who show particular courage in their reporting. Hanley, 57, has been a roving correspondent assigned to AP's International Desk in New York for most of the past two decades, reporting from more than 80 countries.

Friday's events include a career panel, titled "Careers in Media: How Did You Get That Job?" The panel begins at 10 a.m. at the Terrace Restaurant and will include media professionals from the Poughkeepsie Journal, InStyle Magazine and Forbes.com.

Iranian poet is subject of documentary

Documentary filmmaker Bahman Maghsoudlou will present his documentary film "Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet Of Liberty," on the life and works of acclaimed Iranian poet Shamlou. The event will include a screening and discussion at 3:30 p.m., April 13, in Lecture Center 108. Celebrated writer Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1984. He is the author of over 70 books, including 16 volumes of poetry, along with numerous novels, short stories, screenplays, children's literature, and translations of poetry and fiction into Persian. Maghsoudlou's documentary illuminates Shamlou's poetry and life within the history of 20th-century Iran. Through interviews with prominent Iranian intellectuals, artists and filmmakers, such as Abbas Kiarostami, we learn about Shamlouıs contemporary literary significance. This event is sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the SUNY New Paltz Foundation.