CPU Newsletter

October 20, 2004

The Columbia Political Union presents...

Reporting from the Front Lines: A Lecture and Discussion with Alex
Berenson of the New York Times

WEDNESDAY, October 20th at 7 pm
Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall

Alex Berenson, a correspondent for the New York Times, has spent
much of the last two years covering the war in Iraq. He is among
the most prolific Times reporters in Iraq, placing several front
page articles during his assignment there.

Alex will speak about his experience in Iraq, the role of the media
in war, and journalistic ethics. An open discussion will follow
his lecture.

Alex, a 1994 graduate of Yale University, is currently a business
reporter for the New York Times. He recently published his first
book, "The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings
Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America," an explanation and
investigation of the stock market's boom and bust.