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Past Events
2024
October
Cartoonist Event – MAGA Memes and Momala: Political Cartoonists Take on 2024 and More!
Oct. 21 at 6pm ET
Moderators: Margaret Talev and Roslyn Mazer
Guests: Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist and illustrator, POLITICO
Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist, The Washington Post
Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pedro X. Molina, Counterpoint Media and Confidencial, Nicaragua
Award-winning cartoonists Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) and Rachita Taneja (India) also will discuss their work and persistent threats to cartoonists around the world.
Co-sponsors: The Herb Block Foundation, POLITICO
Partners: Cartoonist Rights, Association of American Editorial Cartoons (AAEC), Freedom Cartoonists Foundation
Trust and Engagement: Insights on Young People’s Relationship with the Federal Government
Thursday Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. EDT, virtually and in Washington, D.C.
Lecture
Co-sponsor: Partnership for Public Service
September
Host: MikeTirico ’88, play-by-play commentator with NBC Sports
Panel: Seismic Shifts: The Changing Landscape of College Sports
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Panelists: James Phillips, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Felisha Legette-Jack ’89, Syracuse University women’s basketball coach, and MikeTirico
February
Guest Speaker
Moderator: Beverly Kirk and an introduction by Margaret Talev
2023
November
Informal gathering for journalists
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Guests: Josh Gerstein, Alex Ward and Peter Canellos of Politico and Phil Williams of WTVF-TV
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Panelists: Paul Smith, senior vice president, Campaign Legal Center • Mary McCord, executive director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection; visiting professor, Georgetown University Law Center • Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs; IDJC research director • Joshua Darr, associate professor of communications, Syracuse University Newhouse School of Communications; IDJC senior researcher
October
Syracuse University’s Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI) and Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) held a two-day AI Policy Symposium Oct. 26-27, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The event included a lunch reception on Capitol Hill with members of Congress and staff, followed by a plenary session on AI Policy. The program included panels on The Future of the Workforce and Labor Policy, and AI and the 2024 Election.
August
Cocktails & Politics Series
“Cocktails and Politics with Margaret Talev”
A Conversation on Food and Democracy
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Hosted by: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
Guests: Vermilion’s Rohini Dey and Axios Chicago’s Monica Eng
July
Moderator and panelist: Margaret Talev
Democracy, Sports & the Media (with ESPN’s Dalen Cuff, The New York Times’ Clyde McGrady and author and journalist Chris Cillizza)
June
Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference
Innovation in Journalism panelist: Margaret Talev
May
PAI Leadership and Public Policy
Host: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Guest lecture on engaging the media: Margaret Talev
Hosted by: Partnership for Public Service
Moderator of “Perceptions of Government” online panel: Margaret Talev
April
Panelist: Margaret Talev
A conversation with Camila DeChalus
Hosted by: Newhouse School of Public Communications
Moderator: Margaret Talev
Hosted by: Syracuse University
Co-moderator: Margaret Talev
March
Hosted by: Newhouse School of Public Communications
Speaker: Margaret Talev
Host and moderator: Margaret Talev
(with sportscaster Bob Costas ’74, political commentator Van Jones and other guests)