Anthro-Journo: Borrowing from anthropology to better community reporting
In September 2024, Emily co-moderated a panel discussion for the Agora Journalism Centre at the University of Oregon Gather network, on how ethnographic methods can better community reporting.
About this event
Join Ted Conover, John Pendygraft and Gillian Tett–masters of borrowing from anthropology in their award-winning reporting–as they discuss the connections between anthropology and journalism and the practical ways ethnography can help enhance how we report the news.
Panel:
• Gillian Tett, Provost of Kings College, Cambridge, Financial Times columnist, anthropologist, and author.
• John Pendygraft, journalist, documentary filmmaker, anthropologist, assistant professor at Penn State University.
• Ted Conover, author, journalist, professor at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University
• Moderators: Emily Kennedy, founder AnthroJourno.org and Adam Gamwell, Founder, Anthrocurious.