ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that will produce investigative
journalism in the public interest. Its work will focus exclusively on truly important
stories, stories with “moral force.” According to its web site, “We will do this
by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong
and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.”
Mr. Steiger is also the chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New
York-based nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote press freedom by working
for the rights of journalists world-wide. He is a trustee of the John S. and James
L. Knight Foundation, based in Miami, which supports transformative programs in
areas including journalism and community development.
Established in 1992 to honor Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg, this event
brings alumni, faculty, and graduate students together to hear from a leader in
the academy or in the professional world.
The Honorable Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus
“The Rise of Public Discovery”
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1992
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Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, best-selling
author, television commentator, and Annenberg Professional-in-Residence
“America and the Crisis of Change in the ‘90s”
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1993
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Anne W. Branscomb, Harvard University Professor of Information
Resource Policy and Annenberg Scholar-in-Residence [Deceased]
“Roadblocks on the Global Infobahn”
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1994
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Professor Mary Douglas, Anthropologist
“Up, Down and Sideways: Space as Medium and as Message”
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1995
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Professor Jaroslav Pelikan, Historian
“Rhetoric and Beyond: Learning from the Greeks”
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1996
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Sir Jeremy Isaacs, Documentary Filmmaker, Television Producer
“Television and History”
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1997
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Dr. David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Health and
Surgeon General of the United States, U.S.Dept. of Health & Human Services
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1998
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Duncan Kenworthy, Annenberg School Alumni (MA ’73), Filmmaker,
Producer
(Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill)
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1999
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Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
“The Role of Philanthropy in the Nation”
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2000
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Cass R. Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Dist. Service Professor of
Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School, Dept. of Political Science and
the College
“Why Groups Go To Extremes”
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2001
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Rebecca W. Rimel, President, The Pew Charitable Trusts
“Philosophy, Philanthropy and Philadelphia”
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2002
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Michael Delli Carpini, Dean, The Annenberg School for Communication
“What’s the Difference Between Dan Rather and Bill Maher? Informing the Public in
the New Media Environment”
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2003
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Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of
Political Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences and the Annenberg School
“Deliberation in Education and the Media: Rising to the Challenge?”
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2004
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Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. , Herbert I. Schiller Professor of Communication
The Annenberg School
“If it weren’t for bad luck…”
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2005
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Shashi Tharoor, Librarian of Congress Emeritus
“The Rise of Public Discovery”
“The Information Revolution: Where Do We Go From Here?”
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2006
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