An exploration of topics crucial to an open democratic society

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With support from:Premier Sponsor: Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, Albany Times Union

Presenting Sponsors: Behan Communications, Renaissance Corporation of Albany (in memory of John C. Egan)Supporting Sponsors: Albany Public Library Foundation; Center for Law and Justice; Foundation for Information Resources, Science, and

Technology; Hodgson Russ LLP; M&T Bank; The Law, Youth, and Citizenship Program of NYS Bar Association; UHY LLP; Pernille Ægidius Dake; Paul Grondahl; William Kennedy

Friends: Bernard F. Conners Foundation, Foy Foundation Advised Fund, Kathryn Gibson, Margaret and Jonathan Harvey, New York Newspapers Foundation

Friday, October 6 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN film screening and discussion7:00 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, UAlbany Downtown CampusHarry Rosenfeld, Albany Times Union editor-at-large and former news editor at The Washington Post provides commentary on this feature film about the uncovering of the Watergate scandal. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford (1976, 138 minutes, color)

Thursday, October 12 Kurt Andersen, Conversation 7:00 p.m. Campus Center Ballroom, UAlbany Uptown CampusKurt Andersen, writer, critic, and host of WNYC’s Studio 360, discusses his new book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History, with WAMC’s Joe Donahue. $30 admission charge, which includes a copy of Fantasyland and two tickets. Purchase tickets at the door or in advance from The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.

OCTOBER 13 AND 14 SYMPOSIUM Page Hall, UAlbany Downtown Campus Free and open to the public Seating is on a first come, first served basis

Friday, October 13 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Media in the Age of New Technology: Fake News, Information Overload & Media LiteracyModerator: Bob SchiefferPanelists: Franklin Foer, David Goodman Maria Hinojosa, Tim Wu

8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Presidents and the Press: Trump, Nixon & MoreModerator: Bob SchiefferPanelists: Douglas Brinkley, Amy Goodman, Harry Rosenfeld, Glenn Thrush

Saturday, October 14 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Dirty Deeds: Election Mischief, Cybercrimes & Civil LibertiesModerator: Victor AsalPanelists: Russell Banks, David Daley, James Steiner, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Race, Class, and the Future of DemocracyModerator: Gilbert KingPanelists: Carol Anderson, Jose Cruz, Juan González, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. The First Amendment & Free Speech Under AttackModerator: Ashleigh BanfieldPanelists: Floyd Abrams, Anthony Paul Farley, Kristina Findikyan, Richard Honen

7:00 – 8:30 p.m. The End of Newspapers?Moderator: Rex SmithPanelists: Bill Keller, Pamela Newkirk, Jim Rich, Richard Tofel

New York State Writers Institute, University at Albany, Science Library 320, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 518-442-5620

October 6 and 12 – 14, 2017

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Symposium attendees are encouraged to bring gently used children’s books to distribute to Albany school children in

need through Grassroot Giver.(www.grassrootgiver.com)