Event

In Conversation: Pulitzer Center's Indira Lakshmanan and CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon

Image by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. Syria, 2017.

Image by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. Syria, 2017.

Saturday, January 26, 2019 - 06:00pm EST (GMT -0500)
Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
United States

Join Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan for a conversation with Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, on Saturday, January 26, 2019, at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.

The focus of their session is Simon's new book, We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom, which explores the ethical, legal, and strategic aspects of this issue by tracing the consequences of a recent kidnapping in Syria by ISIS.

The event is free with no reservation required. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Find more information on the Politics and Prose website.