Pritzker Fellow Steve Hayes on "Things Fall Apart: The Media & the Trump Presidency"

(Current UChicago Students Only)

Thursday, November 17

3:30-4:45 PM

If Donald Trump’s presidential campaign dramatically changed the way political campaigns are covered, his presidency may well have the same effect on covering the White House. Trump’s ad hoc governing style and aggressive dishonesty presented new challenges for journalists who covered him - and for those who spoke on behalf of his administration. And what if Trump runs again? How do you cover a candidate who is effectively anti-democratic? How do you cover a candidate who is… also running against the very democratic system that makes all of this possible? Those are questions posed by Jonathan Karl of ABC News, author of two bestselling books on the Trump presidency. We’ll get him to answer his own questions. 

Special Guests (via Zoom): Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, Co-Anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos and former President of the White House Correspondents Association

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

This convening is open to current UChicago students who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.

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