This year marks the 100th awarding of the Pulitzer Prizes. To celebrate, the Los Angeles Times and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism are hosting two days of performances and conversations reflecting on subjects as timely today as they were a century ago. Professor Roberto Suro is moderating the Migration Panelists session on Friday.
Please view the Live Stream of both events on Thursday and Friday here.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 19
The Wilshire Ebell Theatre
7 – 9 p.m.
Keynote Program
A conversation with Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize winner and Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School; and Sebastian Junger, bestselling author and director of the documentary “Restrepo”; moderated by Kim Murphy, LA Times assistant managing editor. Performances of excerpts from two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, “Elliot” (2012) by Quiara Alegria Hudes and “Disgraced” (2013) by Ayad Akhtar, will follow.
FRIDAY, MAY 20
The Ebell of Los Angeles Clubhouse
10 – 11:30 a.m.
War Panelists:
Carolyn Cole, 2004 Photography
Kim Murphy, 2011 Public Service, 2005 International Reporting
David Rohde, 1996 International Reporting
Shirley Christian, 1981 International Reporting
Moderated by John Daniszewski, Associated Press, Pulitzer Prize Board member
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Photography Gallery Talks
Photographers:
Don Bartletti, 2003 Photography
Craig Walker, 2010 Photography
Nick Ut, 1973 Photography
Carolyn Cole, 2004 Photography
David Hume Kennerly, 1972 Photography
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Migration Panelists:
Don Bartletti, 2003 Photography
Ayad Akhtar, 2013 Drama
Sheryl WuDunn, 1990 International Reporting
Hector Becerra, 2004 Breaking News, 2011 Public Service
Julia Preston, 1998 International Reporting
Moderated by Roberto Suro, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Veterans Panelists:
David Kennedy, 2000 History
Quiara Alegria Hudes, 2012 Drama
Dana Priest, 2006 Beat Reporting, 2008 Public Service
Anne Hull, 2008 Public Service
David Wood, 2012 National Reporting
