Monitor Night Live

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Event Details

Thursday, February 25, 7:30 p.m. (CST)

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Description

21 in ’21: Does a pandemic define a generation? Join College President John Williams in a conversation with The Christian Science Monitor Editor Mark Sappenfield and correspondents Ryan Brown, Scott Peterson, and Ann Scott Tyson.

This year’s Monitor Night Live theme focuses on the global report 21 in ’21, published by The Christian Science Monitor. The series follows a dozen 21-year-olds from around the world and the challenges they face navigating the pandemic and holding onto hope for their futures. (See below for links to 21 in ’21 articles.)

During this event, we will share a special tribute video on the history of Monitor Night Live, started in 1997 by former Monitor correspondent and Principia College president Dr. George Moffett (C’65), and its impact on the Principia community.

Speakers

Mark Sappenfield joined the Monitor in 1996 and has since written from Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pentagon, and India. In addition to reporting from Pakistan and Afghanistan during his time in South Asia, Mark has also written on issues of sports and science. He has covered seven Olympic Games and attended events at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including the landing of the Mars rover Opportunity. After returning to Boston in 2009, Mark served as both deputy national news editor and national news editor.

Ryan Lenora Brown is the Africa correspondent based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has reported for the Monitor from more than two dozen African countries. Her reporting interests skew long, narrative, and offbeat, with a particular passion for exploring African cities and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Before becoming a full-time correspondent for the Monitor, she freelanced widely in sub-Saharan Africa for outlets including The Washington Post, ForeignPolicy.com, The New York Times Magazine, Runners World, Newsweek, and others. Ryan is a fellow of the International Women's Media Foundation and the International Reporting Project. She was a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa and is the author of A Native of Nowhere: The Life of Nat Nakasa. Ryan holds a master's degree in African Studies from the University of Oxford and a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University.

Scott Peterson is the senior Middle East correspondent, covering the Middle East for the Monitor from London with a special focus on Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. A well-traveled and experienced foreign correspondent who is also a photographer for Getty Images in New York, he has reported and photographed conflict and powerful human narratives across three continents for more than two decades. He graduated from Yale with an English degree and first joined the Monitor in 1996. He has made 45 visits to Iran and is the author of “Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran - A Journey Behind the Headlines.” Scott is an avid rock and ice climber and loves nothing more than adventuring with his four fearless children.

Ann Scott Tyson is the Beijing bureau chief and is an award-winning journalist and author. Her career includes a decade covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and eight years as a foreign correspondent in China and Asia. Her U.S. beats have included the Pentagon, Congress, and the Midwest. In addition to the Monitor, she has reported for The Washington Post and contributed to The Wall Street Journal. Ann is the author of a bestselling Afghanistan war memoir “American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant.” She also co-wrote “Chinese Awakenings: Life Stories from the Unofficial China.” Ann graduated from Harvard College with an honors degree in government and East Asian studies and earned an honors certificate from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po). She was awarded the Bagehot Fellowship for graduate studies in economics and business at Columbia University and the Rotary Graduate Fellowship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She speaks Chinese and French.

Additional Monitor Night Live Events

Tuesday, February 23, at 7 p.m. (CST)
February Book Talk

Join Christian Science Monitor Book Editor April Austin (C’84) for a talk and discussion on The New York Times bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.

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Tuesday, February 23, at 7:30 p.m. (CST)
Journalism Careers and Internships: Exploring Ideas with The Christian Science Monitor

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a journalist? Have you ever thought about an internship at The Christian Science Monitor? Join Monitor Staff Editor and Internship Manager Kendra Nordin Beato (C’93), Allison Terry, Sophie Hills, and the Principia College Career Office to learn what it takes to pursue a career in journalism. Open to all majors.

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Friday, February 26, at 11 a.m. (CST)
Principia College Faith in Action with Monitor Editor Mark Sappenfield

Join Mark Sappenfield for his discussion on metaphysical ideas related to his work as editor of The Christian Science Monitor.

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Friday, February 26, at 12:30 p.m. (CST)
Conversations with 21-Year-Olds (Students only)

Join the Principia Pilot in conversation with 21-year-olds featured in the Monitor’s global report.

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21 in '21 Global Report

To read the Monitor’s full 21 in ’21 global report, follow these links: 

• Landing page for all stories: 21 in ’21 - Coming of age in a pandemic – Includes map
• Intro to 21 in ’21 project: A young generation stalled but ready to launch
• Cover Story (deep read, 20 minutes): On pandemic hold, 21-year-olds around the globe plot hopeful future
• Audio: Does a pandemic define a generation?
• On Rethinking the News podcast series

In Their Own Words

• Jordan - Nuha Suleiman Ahmed 
• Israel - Rebecca Baruch
• Canada - Gracie Crafts
• South Africa - Nolusindiso "Sindi" Dlambewu
• US - Olivia Holt
• France - Willem Lombe
• Afghanistan - Zabihullah Noori
• US - Jaafar Al Ogaili
• Mexico - Jimena Pérez Sánchez
• Germany - Cosima Steltner
• India - Bhuvaneshwari “Bhuvi” Velu 
• China - Lucy Wang

For questions, email field@principia.edu or call 314.514.3149. 

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