Crown Event: Reporting the Middle East After 9/11

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Date(s) - 10/15/2026
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For journalists covering the Middle East, the years after 9/11 brought new wars, growing risks, and profound changes in the practice of reporting. In the second of three Crown Center events examining the long-term consequences of 9/11 for the U.S. and the region, veteran correspondents Hannah Allam of ProPublica and C.J. Chivers of The New York Times Magazine join Professor Neil Swidey to consider how that era changed journalism—and how it continues to shape the way the Middle East is reported and understood today. Hannah Allam is a national security reporter at ProPublica and a former Baghdad and Cairo bureau chief for McClatchy. She was part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Washington Post, and her Middle East reporting has been recognized with George Polk and Overseas Press Club awards. C.J. Chivers is a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine and a longtime foreign correspondent. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has reported on conflicts across the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Ukraine. Neil Swidey is professor of the practice and director of the Journalism Program at Brandeis University. An award-winning narrative journalist and bestselling author, he is also editor at large of The Boston Globe Magazine.
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