Satire Summit 2016 explores the role of political humor in public life

Featuring Peter Sagal (Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!), Alexandra Petri (Compost blog), Jordan Carlos (Comedy Central), Chad Nackers (The Onion), and Brian Stelter (Reliable Sources)

Friday, October 14 at The New School in New York City

WHAT:

News Literacy Project, The New School, and WNYC hosts Satire Summit 2016: Beyond Parody, an event featuring prominent journalists and entertainers in an engaging exploration of the growing role political humor plays in calling out hypocrisy, mendacity, and venality in our nation's public life, and in holding the powerful, including the news media, accountable.

Twitter: #satiresummit16.  

WHO:

Peter Sagal, host of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!

Alexandra Petri, author of the Compost blog, a weekly political satire column for The Washington Post

Jordan Carlos, a Comedy Central writer formerly with The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Chad Nackers, the head writer for The Onion

Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s Reliable Sources (moderator)

WHEN:

Friday, October 14, 7:30-9 pm

WHERE:

The New School's John L. Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100

TICKETS Members of the media must rsvp with Scott Gargan at [email protected] or 212.229.5667 x 3794. Tickets for the general public can be purchased on Eventbrite.

Founded in 1919, The New School was born out of principles of academic freedom, tolerance, and experimentation. Committed to social engagement, The New School today remains in the vanguard of innovation in higher education, with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students challenging the status quo in design and the social sciences, liberal arts, management, the arts, and media. The New School welcomes thousands of adult learners annually for continuing education courses and calendar of lectures, screenings, readings, and concerts. Through its online learning portals, research institutes, and international partnerships, The New School maintains a global presence. Learn more at www.newschool.edu.

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PRESS RELEASE

Media Contact:

Scott Gargan, The New School
212.229.5667 x 3794
[email protected]



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