Event is part of School of Communication Studies Global Issues Forum

Beenish Ahmed, Pulitzer Center journalist,
will speak at Kent State University on
March 31 at 7 p.m. in the Moulton Hall
Ballroom.Ahmed's appearance is part of
the Kent State School of Communication
Studies' Global Communication Issues
Forum, “Women and Children in Crisis.”

The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University will host its Global Communication Issues Forum, “Women and Children in Crisis,” featuring Beenish Ahmed, a Pulitzer Center journalist, on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the Kent Campus. This forum examines the consequences when women and girls are impoverished, denied an education and become victims of domestic violence.

The event will feature recent reporting projects by Ahmed, including education of women and girls in Pakistan, women as targets of acid attacks and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai by a Taliban gunman. The program is free and open to the public.

In addition to her work with the Pulitzer Center, Ahmed is a reporter at ThinkProgress and covers international issues. Ahmed was a Kroc Fellow at National Public Radio through which she reported for its nationally syndicated flagship shows, as well as WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. Her work has since aired on PRI’s The World, Deutsche Welle, Radio France Internationale, Monocle 24 and Sky News. Her written work has been featured in The Atlantic, VICE, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, The American Prospect, GlobalPost, Boston Review, Himal Southasia, Medium and The Huffington Post.

Each Global Communication Issues Forum, an ongoing series sponsored by the School of Communication Studies, addresses the global effect of a topic and how media communicate their coverage to share with a worldwide audience, says Paul Haridakis, Ph.D., director of Kent State’s School of Communication Studies.

“The Global Issues Forum brings to campus Pulitzer Center reporters who share their story behind the news story,” Haridakis says. “They offer personal and professional perspectives on how a story is covered. In turn, we as media consumers are informed on how media coverage can influence our viewpoint of these global issues.”

The Pulitzer Center promotes in-depth engagement with global affairs through its sponsorship of quality international journalism across all media platforms and an innovative program of outreach and education.

Moulton Hall is located at 800 Hilltop Drive, near White Hall, the home of the College of Education, Health and Human Services on East Main Street.

For more information about the School of Communication Studies, visit http://www2.kent.edu/comm/index.cfm.