Over 180 participants convened around the theme “Media in US Politics and 2012 Elections” for the two-day conference. Adair, Grimaldi, and Schneider delivered remarks to plenary sessions of the MEC each was followed by a Chinese expert, allowing direct comparison between the role of political media and the media’s effect on elections and governance in both China and the US. Popular topics included increased government accountability and the effect of new media on the field of journalism.Īdair and Grimaldi then traveled to Shanghai for the 5th Annual Media Education Consortium Conference and were joined by Bill Schneider, Distinguished Senior Fellow & Resident Scholar at Third Way and former senior political analyst for CNN, rounding out USCET’s renowned group of US speakers. USCET was pleased to contribute to the success of the PPWW by providing two of the eight award-winning speakers. Adair and Grimaldi spent three days on HKBU’s campus engaging students in investigative and political reporting discussions. Their visit began in Hong Kong with Hong Kong Baptist University’s (HKBU) Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop (PPWW), a program originally inspired by USCET’s JIR program and now in its fifth solo year.
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