March 16, 2004

Kalb Report Tackles Ethics with New York Times Editor Bill Keller

Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, was the guest on “The Kalb Report” Feb. 9. He discussed the current position of the paper, its future and the Jayson Blair scandal.

Keller, who became executive editor of The New York Times in July, previously served as a columnist and senior writer for The New York Times Magazine. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Soviet Union.

“The Kalb Report” is co-sponsored by GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs, The Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University and the National Press Club. The show was underwritten by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

“The Kalb Report” returns to the National Press Club March 29 at 8 pm. Free tickets to this event are available at the Marvin Center TicketMaster.

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