ARAB REVOLUTIONS: Briefing with Columbia Journalism Alumni

Columbia Journalism School (@ColumbiaJourn) presents a conversation about the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. Join several J-school alumni who have been covering various aspects of this story from around the Arab world. Speakers: YASMINE EL-RASHIDI ’99 (@yasminerashidi) freelancer in Cairo; ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER MA’10 (@ahauslohner) of Time in Cairo & Benghazi & Tunis; RAWYA RAGEH J’06 (@RawyaRageh) of Al Jazeera in Cairo and Baghdad; SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN ’93 of the Washington Post in Yemen; AHMED AL-OMRAN ’11, a leading Saudi blogger in this year’s current class. They'll discuss their work, what they have been seeing and what they have been learning. You will be able to call-in live and ask questions. If you'd like to send in questions via email, please email sree at sree.net or tweet at @sree and @MGHuff Moderated by MELANIE HUFF, Assistant Dean of Students and Prof. SREE SREENIVASAN, Dean of Student Affairs. * [sample tweet: Join @ColumbiaJourn alumni for webcast about Arab revolutions; Noon ET: http://bit.ly/cjmena #MENA #jan25] SEE FULL SERIES AT http://bit.ly/columbiawebcasts