SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

IMC: A Discussion with The Washington Post online reporter, Amar Bakshi

Date: March 12, 2008 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EDT

Location: Columbia University
Morningside Heights
International Affairs Building, Room 411

Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Julie Payne by sending email to jkp2114@columbia.edu .

The International Media and Communications (IMC) concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) invites you to attend, "A Discussion with The Washington Post online reporter, Amar Bakshi."

Amar C. Bakshi is currently reporting for the online editions of The Washington Post and Newsweek, traveling around the world examining how America impacts ordinary lives in a dozen countries.

He posts text and video daily at www.washingtonpost.com/america. Before launching "How the World Sees America," Amar worked with David Ignatius, Hal Straus, and Fareed Zakaria as the first editor of PostGlobal, an international affairs forum.

Amar is also the founder of Aina Arts, a nonprofit organization connecting local artisans with schools in the developing world, and was the associate managing editor of the Oxford International Review.

He graduated from Harvard University in 2006, writing his thesis on media propaganda in Zimbabwe.