California Humanities Presents

On Immigration and Journalism: A Conversation with Sonia Nazario

6:30 pm – Refreshments 7:00 to 9:00 pm – Conversation and Q&A

Bakersfield College  Levan Center for the Humanities

1801 Panorama Dr Bakersfield, CA 93305

Tuesday, October 9 Nazario won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her six-part Los Angeles Times series “Enrique’s Journey” about the experiences of Latin American children immigrating to the United States. She is also currently an opinion writer with the New York Times, focusing on immigration and asylum issues. Joining Nazario in conversation about her experiences reporting on immigration and the current state of journalism is Joaquin Alvarado, founder of Studiotobe and former CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting. This free public forum is presented in partnership with the Bakersfield College's Distinguished Speakers Series.Free and open to the public

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This program is funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Democracy and the Informed Citizen Initiative, in partnership with the Pulitzer Prizes and administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Additional support for

this initiative has been provided by The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation.