The Power of Narrative 2019: Full Schedule

Over 25 years as a journalist, Katherine Boo has established herself as a fearless, honest writer dedicated to telling the stories of the poor and the overlooked in writing that crackles with novelistic intensity. A contributing writer for The New Yorker and a former reporter and... Read More →

Matthew Desmond

Author

MacArthur Genius Matthew Desmond’s New York Times bestselling book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" draws on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data. "Evicted" won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the National Books Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction... Read More →

Saturday March 23, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
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Keynote

1:45pm EDT

Keynote Panel: Telling the Stories of Immigrants and Refugees

Speakers

Maria Sacchetti

Reporter, The Washington Post

Maria Sacchetti covers immigration for The Washington Post. She previously reported for the Boston Globe, where her reporting led to the release of several immigrants from jail. She investigated the secrecy surrounding the U.S. immigration system and covered the deportation hearings... Read More →

Shannon Dooling

Reporter, WBUR

Shannon Dooling is an immigration reporter at WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station. Her work can be heard and seen on NPR, WBUR, Here & Now, Market Place, and on public radio stations across New England. She joined WBUR in 2013 as the field producer for WBUR's Morning Edition. During... Read More →

Francesca Trianni

video producer, TIME

Francesca Trianni is an award-winning staff video producer at TIME, with a focus in international news. Since joining TIME, Francesca has contributed to many of TIME’s most important stories, including features for Person of the Year and Time 100. Francesca produced, filmed and... Read More →

Saturday March 23, 2019 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
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Keynote

4:15pm EDT

Saturday Closing Keynote: Al Letson

Speakers

Al Letson

Host, Reveal

Soul-stirring, interdisciplinary work has garnered Al Letson national recognition and devoted fans. In 2008 Letson created, hosted, and executive produced State of the Re:Union (SOTRU). Every episode SOTRU examined America through the lens of community. The program aired on more than... Read More →

Saturday March 23, 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
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Keynote

11:30am EDT

Closing Keynote: Jill Lepore

Speakers

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. A prize-winning professor, she teaches classes in evidence, historical methods, humanistic inquiry, and American history. Much of her scholarship... Read More →

Sunday March 24, 2019 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
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Keynote