NORTHFIELD, Minn.—Carleton College will host a panel on the upcoming presidential election, “Sense and Nonsense: Clinton, Trump, and the media in 2016,” featuring four of the most prominent journalists covering the election, on Monday, September 19 from 7-8:30 p.m. in Carleton’s Weitz Center for Creativity’s Class of 1980 Commons.
John Harris ’85, editor-in-chief of Politico, will moderate the panel. The panel includes St. Olaf graduate Anna Palmer of Politico, James Hohmann of the Washington Post, and Jonathan Martin of the New York Times.
Harris launched his journalism career at the Washington Post two days after graduating from Carleton, working his way from covering local politics all the way to the White House, where he reported on Bill Clinton’s presidency from 1995-2001. He left the Post and founded Politico in 2006. He’s the author of two books: “The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House,” and “The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008,” the latter with he co-authored, with Mark Halperin of ABC News.
Palmer is the senior Washington correspondent for Politico and co-author of Politico’s daily newsletter, the “Playbook.” She is a St. Olaf graduate and former editor of the Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf’s student-run newspaper.
Hohmann is an Apple Valley, Minn., native, who currently is a national political correspondent for the Post. Previously at Politico, he covered Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. During the last election cycle, he was the primary beat reporter for the 2014 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests.
Martin is the national political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN, where he appears regularly on Inside Politics. Prior to joining the Times in 2013, he served as senior political writer and White House correspondent for Politico, where he covered the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
This event is free and open to the public, and includes light refreshments at the event’s conclusion. For more information, including disability accommodations, contact the Carleton College Office of College Relations at (507) 222-4309. The Weitz Center is located at Third and College Streets in Northfield.
